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Thompson, Patricia J. – 1984
Those interested in textbook research, theory, and practice need to identify the independent or context variables that influence the making of a textbook--the intervening variables that come into play as textbooks are conceived, developed, and designed--and to show how these impact on the textbook, or dependent variable. To begin, critics and…
Descriptors: Innovation, Input Output Analysis, Publishing Industry, Quality Control