Analytic Procedures for Selecting a General Psychology Textbook.

Quereshi, M. Y.

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Publication Date: 1981-Oct

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Analytic Procedures for Selecting a General Psychology Textbook.

Quereshi, M. Y.

Teaching of Psychology, v8 n3 p143-47 Oct 1981

Sixty-one psychology textbooks were analyzed according to four criteria: student acceptance and interest, readability and human interest, comprehensiveness and size, and psychobiological content. This analytic approach can be used in all subjects to match text selection with course objectives in order to increase student satisfaction. (AM)

Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Psychology, Readability, Student Reaction, Textbook Content, Textbook Selection

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Language: English

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