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ERIC Number: EJ154297
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Textbook Abuse
Calvert, William C.
Teaching of Psychology, 4, 1, 46, Feb 77
Discussion of textbooks criticizes review and selection by professors without consideration for price, publishers who push sales of new or revised textbooks instead of older textbooks, and emphasis on readability and teaching techniques rather than on content. (ND)
Descriptors: Costs, Higher Education, Psychology, Publishing Industry, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Selection, Textbooks
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