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Peer reviewedGriggs, Richard A.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1994
Contends that, because of rising textbook costs and related factors, many college psychology teachers are interested in paperback textbooks. Reports on a review of 11 psychology textbooks. Includes 4 tables of comparison data and a list of the 11 texts used in the study. (CFR)
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Content Analysis, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
Old Wine in New Bottles: An Analysis of Changes in Social Studies Textbooks from Old to New Edition.
Woodward, Arthur; Nagel, Kathleen Carter – 1987
Faced with a market that puts a premium on newness, artwork, and copyright date, the textbook industry seems to have been forced into a hectic textbook revision cycle in which improvement in instructional quality takes a poor second place to more superficial changes. While educators think they are getting newer, different, and, therefore better…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Publishing Industry
