This paper describes a model for the articulation and assessment of goals in the development and use of a general psychology custom textbook. A description of custom textbooks is presented, and the specific textbook that our Psychology Department has developed is discussed. Two studies present data on student and faculty perceptions of the effectiveness of the textbook. Study 1 involved faculty members who used the custom textbook, and Study 2 included students who were enrolled in General Psychology. For both studies, perceived benefits and drawbacks of the custom textbook were surveyed, as well as the helpfulness of its various components. Results revealed higher satisfaction with the custom textbook as compared to a traditional text, as well as consistency between faculty and students in the perceived helpfulness of different components of the text. Results also indicated that the original goals of the project were met. The benefits and drawbacks of using a custom text and the importance of having clear goals before beginning a customization project were discussed.

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创建和评估通用心理学定制教科书：面向目标的方法

本文描述了一个模型，用于在通用心理学定制教科书的开发和使用中阐明和评估目标。介绍了定制教科书，并讨论了我们心理学系开发的具体教科书。两项研究提供了有关学生和教师对教科书有效性的看法的数据。研究 1 涉及使用定制教科书的教职员工，研究 2 包括注册普通心理学的学生。在这两项研究中，都调查了定制教科书的感知优点和缺点，以及其各个组成部分的有用性。结果显示，与传统文本相比，对定制教科书的满意度更高，以及教师和学生之间在文本不同部分的感知有用性方面的一致性。结果还表明，该项目的最初目标得以实现。讨论了使用自定义文本的优缺点以及在开始自定义项目之前制定明确目标的重要性。