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Publication Date: 2004-Jul
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Are College Marriage Textbooks Teaching Students the Premarital Predictors of Marital Quality
Larson, Jeffry H.; Hickman, Rachel
Family Relations, v53 n4 p385-392 Jul 2004
We evaluated 10 college marriage textbooks for their efficacy in teaching the premarital predictors of marital quality identified in the literature. They also were evaluated on their use of an integrative teaching approach that personalizes the content for readers and assists readers in learning, remembering, and using the information in their own lives. Four evaluators assessed the content and teaching methods in each book. Results showed that only 4 of the 10 textbooks covered two thirds or more of the premarital predictors, and none of the books used an integrative teaching approach consistently. Implications for improving these books, adding supplementary materials on premarital predictors to college courses, and increasing the use of integrative teaching methods in these books are discussed.
Descriptors: Textbooks, Teaching Methods, Marriage, Marital Satisfaction, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Family Life Education, Predictor Variables, Relevance (Education)
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Students
Language: English
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