Topical Coverage in Introductory Textbooks from the 1980s through the 2000s

Autor/in	Griggs, Richard A.
Titel	Topical Coverage in Introductory Textbooks from the 1980s through the 2000s
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 41 (2014) 1, S.5-10 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
DOI	10.1177/0098628313514171
Schlagwörter	Introductory Courses; Textbook Content; Course Descriptions; Course Content; Psychology; Textbook Selection; Textbook Evaluation; Units of Study; Resource Units; Bibliometrics; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einführungskurs; Lehrbuchtext; Kursstrukturplan; Kursprogramm; Psychologie; Lerneinheit; Bibliometrie
Abstract	To determine how topical coverage in introductory textbooks may have changed from the 1980s to the present, the author examined topic coverage in full-length and brief introductory textbooks from this time period. Because 98% of the teachers use textbooks for the introductory course and the majority do not assign reading beyond the textbook, the relationship between the current topical allocation pattern and that in the introductory course was examined by comparing the textbook pattern to the lecture topical allocation pattern derived from syllabi analysis. Several changes were found in textbook topic coverage since the 1980s, with proportional coverage among topics moving toward equality. Lecture topical allocation mirrored that in textbooks, indicating that textbooks strongly impact the structure of the introductory course. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10