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Peer reviewedAde-Ridder, Linda – Family Relations, 1989
Discusses issues involved in the selection of textbooks for family life education: diversity of marriage and family course offerings; difficulties in locating appropriate materials; and criteria for text selection. Reviews 14 university texts published in 1987 and 1988. Calls for texts which cover aspects of marriage and family with greater depth.…
Descriptors: College Students, Family Life, Family Life Education, Higher Education
Lauber, Gerald; Sirois, Herman A. – Journal of the New York State School Boards Association, 1986
Presents procedures for improving school district textbook adoption practices to create a better match between student and texts. Emphasizes the importance of overcoming both the traditional reliance on publishers for textbook adoption rationales, and the frequent aversion of educators toward using technologies such as student textbook readability…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Educational Testing, Reading Material Selection, Research Utilization
