A Preliminary Examination of the Cost Savings and Learning Impacts of Using Open Textbooks in Middle and High School Science Classes

Autor/inn/en	Wiley, David; Hilton, John Levi, III; Ellington, Shelley; Hall, Tiffany
Titel	A Preliminary Examination of the Cost Savings and Learning Impacts of Using Open Textbooks in Middle and High School Science Classes
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 13 (2012) 3, S.262-276 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Adoption; Standardized Tests; Science Instruction; Science Teachers; Educational Resources; Textbooks; Science Education; Secondary School Science; Middle School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Comparative Analysis; Electronic Publishing; Scores; Criterion Referenced Tests; United States; Utah + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Bildungsmittel; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Elektronisches Publizieren; USA
Abstract	Proponents of open educational resources claim that significant cost savings are possible when open textbooks displace traditional textbooks in the classroom. Over a period of two years, we worked with 20 middle and high school science teachers (collectively teaching approximately 3,900 students) who adopted open textbooks to understand the process and determine the overall cost of such an adoption. The teachers deployed open textbooks in multiple ways. Some of these methods cost more than traditional textbooks; however, we did identify and implement a successful model of open textbook adoption that reduces costs by over 50% compared to the cost of adopting traditional textbooks. In addition, we examined the standardized test scores of students using the open textbooks and found no apparent differences in the results of students who used open textbooks compared with previous years when the same teachers' students used traditional textbooks. However, given the limited sample of participating teachers, further investigation is needed. (Contains 8 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10