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ERIC Number: EJ368121
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Objective Features of Introductory Psychology Textbooks as Related to Professors' Impressions.
Weiten, Wayne
Teaching of Psychology, v15 n1 p10-16 Feb 1988
Compares professors' ratings of the pedagogical quality of 43 introductory psychology texts with measures of 29 objective features such as manuscript length and number of references. Regression analysis showed that the 29 features predicted substantial portions of the variance in the professors' ratings. States that the comparative data may be helpful in the text selection procedure. (GEA)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Professors, Psychology, Regression (Statistics), Teacher Attitudes, Textbook Research, Textbook Selection, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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