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Download full textSeaman, Julia E.; Seaman, Jeff – Babson Survey Research Group, 2017
This study is designed to explore the process by which faculty members select the educational materials that they employ in their courses. The most common of these is the required textbook--faculty members typically select one or more books that all students are required to use through the duration of the course. Faculty also employ a wide range…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Higher Education, Media Selection, Instructional Material Evaluation
Seaman, Julia E.; Seaman, Jeff – Babson Survey Research Group, 2018
This study is one of a series using consistent definitions of key concepts to support analysis of changes over time. The studies are designed to explore the process by which faculty members select and use the educational materials that they employ in their courses. The most common of these is the required textbook: faculty members typically select…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Textbook Selection, Higher Education, Textbooks
Allen, I. Elaine; Seaman, Jeff – Babson Survey Research Group, 2016
The objective of this study is to better understand the process by which faculty members select the educational materials that they employ in their courses. The educational resource that people are most familiar with is the required textbook: faculty members select one or more books that all students are required to use through the duration of the…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Textbook Selection, Higher Education, Textbooks
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Direct linkSnider, Daren – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2005
Given the professed orientation toward proficiency development in the foreign language teaching profession, the inclination of textbook authors and publishers to offer communicative activities should be quite strong. This study analyzed the learning activities of six popular first-year college German textbooks and found that half the texts provide…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Textbooks, Language Teachers
