A teacher selects a textbook that links geometry concepts with real-world…

Concept

Textbook selection should assess how a resource organizes learning, not merely which terms appear in it.

An interdisciplinary resource explicitly connects concepts, methods, or applications across two or more subjects, helping learners transfer understanding between contexts.

Application

The textbook connects geometry, a mathematical field, with real situations from physics. Geometry supplies representations and relationships, while physics supplies contexts in which those ideas are used. This is an interdisciplinary connection.

Contrast

• Content memorization emphasizes retention through recall or rehearsal; the stem instead describes a relationship between subjects.

• An inclusive curriculum emphasizes access and participation for diverse learners; no accommodation or participation feature is stated.

• Affective-domain objectives concern attitudes, values, interests, and emotions; the stem describes a conceptual link rather than an affective goal.

Cross-check

If the physics examples were removed, the cross-subject link would disappear. The stem still supplies no evidence of rehearsal, learner accommodation, or an attitude-and-value objective.

Therefore, the demonstrated criterion is interdisciplinary connection.