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ERIC Number: EJ380915
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Provocative Opinion: Elephantiasis of the Textbook.
Kerber, Robert C.
Journal of Chemical Education, v65 n8 p719-20 Aug 1988
Addresses the growing size of college organic chemistry textbooks. Notes that at the current rate of growth, average textbooks will be 1544 pages long in year 2000. Suggests methods to reduce textbook size. (ML)
Descriptors: Chemical Nomenclature, Chemistry, College Science, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Organic Chemistry, Science Education, Science Instruction, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Preparation, Textbook Selection, Textbooks, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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