Although prior research has examined student perceptions of open materials, research investigating students’ perceptions of open versus copyright-restricted textbooks through a direct, experimental approach is lacking. To better understand how students perceive open textbooks outside the context of the classroom, we examined students’ perceptions of unfamiliar open and non-open (copyright-restricted) psychology textbooks. Forty-four introductory psychology students reviewed chapters from two open textbooks and two traditional/copyrightrestricted textbooks and then ranked the textbooks from most to least favourite. Students rated each chapter on several quality measures, including layout structure, visual appeal, ease of reading, and instructional features. Next, bibliographical information and cost were revealed, and students re-ranked the textbooks accordingly. Before knowing the bibliographic information and cost, students were more likely to prefer the two traditional textbooks. There after, they were more likely to select the open texts. Students often referred to textbook price as a determining factor for their change.

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质量和成本问题：通过单盲评审学生对开放文本和非开放文本的理解

尽管先前的研究已经检查了学生对开放材料的看法，但仍缺乏通过直接的实验方法来研究学生对开放材料与受版权限制的教科书的看法的研究。为了更好地了解学生如何在课堂环境之外感知开放式教科书，我们研究了学生对不熟悉的开放式和非开放式（受版权限制的）心理学教科书的看法。44名入门心理学学生复习了两本开放式教科书和两本传统/受版权限制的教科书中的章节，然后按从最喜欢到最不喜欢的顺序对教科书进行了排名。学生对每章的几个质量指标进行了评分，包括版面结构，视觉吸引力，易读性和教学功能。接下来，揭示书目信息和成本，并且学生对课本进行了相应的排名。在了解书目信息和费用之前，学生们更倾向于使用这两本传统教科书。之后，他们更有可能选择打开的文本。学生们经常将课本价格作为决定其改变的因素。