I too, have used Lahey's book-- used it for about three years, students liked it a lot. Adjuncts liked it as well. This year we switched to Rathus, Essentials version with built-in study guide. We have not been pleased, so will not reuse. We like to change frequently to keep ourselves fresh, but not generally after only one year. Our other campus uses Feldman, have used for years and feel it is a good one. Oh-- we are a two-year school. Now we are looking at Plotnik and also the Wade and Tavris new one, among others, so all your comments are helpful. Denise Dewhurst, Ph.D. Professor, Dept Chair Montgomery College-Germantown Observation Drive Germantown, MD 20876
-----Original Message----- From: Miguel Roig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 7:49 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: need feedback on either Lahey's intro text (essentials) or Feldma n's intro text At 01:16 PM 4/14/2002 -0700, you wrote: I am considering adopting a new text for the Fall semester.....both Lahey's Essentials of Psychology text and Feldman's Essentials of Understanding Psychology have come to my attention. They booth look like good candidates for my intro class at a Bay Area community college. Does anyone on the list have any feedback for me on these texts? I would recommend that anyone adopting a new General Psychology text should examine Koenig and Griggs recently updated compendium of introductory psychology texts. It is an excellent resource and it is available for download at the Office for Teaching Resources web site. The following synopsis of this resource appears at the site: "Considering the large number of introductory psychology texts available, it is difficult for you, the instructor, to be familiar with the full range of options. To assist in your textbook selection process, we have developed this compendium of individualized and comparative information for all 38 psychology texts and the 21 briefer versions of some of these texts with copyright dates between 1999 and 2002. We used this period of time because almost all introductory textbooks are on a three-year revision cycle. A few are on two- or four-year cycles. Thus, this compendium should include all of the texts that are presently viable for your adoption consideration". http://www.lemoyne.edu/OTRP/introtexts.html <http://www.lemoyne.edu/OTRP/introtexts.html> Miguel ___________________________________________________________________________ Miguel Roig, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Notre Dame Division of St. John's College St. John's University 300 Howard Avenue Staten Island, New York 10301 Voice: (718) 390-4513 Fax: (718) 390-4347 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm <http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm> ___________________________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
