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Durwin, Cheryl Cisero; Sherman, William M. – College Teaching, 2008
The authors investigate whether the choice of college textbook affects students' comprehension of the material. Forty-eight students from educational psychology courses were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (1) unfamiliar passages drawn from the textbook used in the course, or (2) comparable passages selected from a competitor textbook.…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Educational Psychology, Textbook Selection, Textbook Evaluation
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Becker, Karen; Kehoe, Jo; Tennent, Beth – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which learning styles influence tertiary students' preferences for flexible delivery and assessment methods in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: A voluntary self-administered questionnaire was distributed within three core undergraduate courses. A total of 891 students…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Style