The Textbook: An ACIDS Test.

Geertsen, Reed

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ERIC Number: EJ168618

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Publication Date: 1977

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The Textbook: An ACIDS Test

Geertsen, Reed

Teaching Sociology, 5, 1, 101-20, Oct 77

Recommends selection criteria for college level sociology textbooks, including appeal, coverage, interest, difficulty, and salesmanship. The article concludes with suggestions for motivating students to read the textbooks. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Sociology, Student Motivation, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Selection, Undergraduate Study

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