Open Introductory Psychology Textbooks
| Autor: | Richard A. Griggs, Sherri L. Jackson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Introductory psychology
Medical education business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050301 education 050109 social psychology Education Open education Pedagogy ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Electronic publishing Quality (business) Community college business Psychology 0503 education General Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Teaching of Psychology. 44:193-202 |
| ISSN: | 1532-8023 0098-6283 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0098628317711283 |
| Popis: | Given their high cost, many students no longer buy textbooks for all of their courses, impacting their learning and performance in these courses. This is especially prevalent at community colleges. Open (digitally free) textbooks constitute one solution to this problem, but the latest national survey of college faculty found that 66% were not aware of open textbooks and 15% only somewhat aware. Because introductory psychology is psychology’s most popular course with 1–2 million students enrolled annually and almost 50% are community college students, we addressed this unawareness problem by providing analytical discussions of the viability of the open introductory textbooks presently available. We conclude that traditional textbooks are higher in quality, but open textbooks meet a specific market need. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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