Learn Hardcore Japanese: onazi kyoukasyo wo tukatte mo, hito ni yotte kangaekata ha tigaimasu. - Even if they use the same textbook, people's ways of thinking differ.

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同おなじ　教科書きょうかしょ　を　使つかって　も、　人ひと　に　よって　考かんがえ方かた　は　違ちがいます。onaji kyoukasho o tsukatte mo, hito ni yotte kangaekata wa chigaimasu.

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Even if they use the same textbook, people's ways of thinking differ.

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Breakdown of onaji kyoukasho o tsukatte mo, hito ni yotte kangaekata wa chigaimasu.

What does 使っても mean here, and why is も attached to the て-form?

使っても is the pattern Vて + も, which often means:

So:

In this sentence, it connects to the next idea:

The nuance is concessive: you might expect the same textbook to lead to the same result, but that is not necessarily true.

Why is it 同じ教科書 and not 同じの教科書 or something with な?

同じ is a special word. It can directly modify a noun:

You do not use な here:

You also do not need の in this structure.

So 同じ behaves a little unusually compared with regular な-adjectives.

Why is there an を after 教科書?