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Peer reviewedPurves, Alan C. – College English, 1980
Explores the relationship and transaction between a reader and literature. Discusses the implications of this relationship on literature text choice and curriculum, as well as the feasibility of heuristics in a curriculum. (HTH)
Descriptors: College English, Higher Education, Literature, Reading Processes
Peer reviewedQuereshi, M. Y. – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
Sixty-one psychology textbooks were analyzed according to four criteria: student acceptance and interest, readability and human interest, comprehensiveness and size, and psychobiological content. This analytic approach can be used in all subjects to match text selection with course objectives in order to increase student satisfaction. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Psychology, Readability
