An analysis of two studies shows the methods and results of college students' evaluation of 28 social psychology texts at Queens College, N.Y. (JR)

Six best-selling introductory behavioral statistics textbooks that were published in 1982 and two well-known sampling theory textbooks were reviewed to determine the presence of rules-of-thumb--useful principles with wide application that are not intended to be strictly accurate. The relative frequency and type of rules are reported along with a…

Directors of 100 undergraduate training programs in speech language pathology and audiology were surveyed about the readability level and faculty satisfaction with currently used textbooks. For each of seven fundamental courses, Ss were asked to indicate the academic level at which students typically completed the courses, the textbook currently…

This paper examines 1973 college introductory sociology textbooks for treatment of religion in terms of scientific objectivity and personal beliefs. (JR)

Reviews five statistics textbooks for use in geography courses, discussing the necessity of statistics in this area and the importance of presenting geographical perspectives and spatial problems. Concludes that all of the texts are disappointing, showing no improvement since 1980. Suggests alternative books and methods for teaching statistics in…

Surveys recently published materials for jazz education and questions the premises from which they are derived, the approaches which they employ, and their utility in achieving their purported end of teaching students to play jazz. Identifies the strengths and weaknesses of these books and of jazz training. (GEA)

Provides 45 guidelines useful in selecting college-level textbooks. The guidelines are presented under five major categories: (1) course strategy and tactics; (2) point of view; (3) accuracy of content; (4) currency of content; and (5) packaging information. (JN)

An evaluation of introductory college level psychology textbooks showed that Alfred Adler's psychology is either neglected or seriously distorted by most texts. (RM)

Authors of torts casebooks explain their approach to objective law presentation. (PG)

Psychology instructors must decide between a large number of possible texts. Students were systematically involved in this decision-making process, with encouraging results. In addition to providing input that could not be obtained from other sources, it gave students a sense of control over their own education. (CS)

Reports results of a survey on the readability of 12 recently published business communication textbooks. Shows that important differences in readability do exist and that the majority of texts were within or below the lower end of the undergraduate-level reading range. (PD)

Presents remarks of seven participants in a symposium which discussed Frances FitzGerald's study of history textbooks, "America Revised: History Schoolbooks in the Twentieth Century." Participants responded to the book's indictment that most scholars do not take textbooks seriously. (Author/KC)

Suggests as businesses shift from periodic to perpetual inventory systems, business educators should expand coverage of the latter. Doing so would support ideals of lifelong learning through meaningful content, progressive differentiation, integrative reconciliation, and control of complexity. (SK)

Analyzes 50 major textbooks in the fields of evolution, biology, ecology, genetics, paleontology, and systematics, focusing on how the conceptual framework of evolution as a process is presented and developed in those fields. Lists definitions of evolution provided in the textbooks and discusses the implications of the findings. Contains 56…