Topical Coverage in Introductory Psychology: Textbooks Versus Lectures

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 144-147

  Griggs, Richard A ^a   Bates, Scott C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

introductory psychology; syllabi analysis; textbook analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901256947     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628314530347     Document Type: Article

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