Opening the Textbook : Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2015-16 / I. Elaine Allen and Jeff Seaman.

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 student...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Authors: Allen, I. Elaine, Seaman, Jeff (Author)
Corporate Author: Babson Survey Research Group
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2016.
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