Reaching Students with Low Interest: Subject Matter Interest and Perceptions of Open Educational Resources in an Introductory American Government Course

References

• Allen, G., A. Guzman-Alvarez, A. Molinaro, and D. Larsen. 2015. “Assessing the Impact and Efficacy of the Open-Access ChemWiki Textbook Project.” Educause Learning Initiative Brief. January.
   Google Scholar
• Allen, Eileen, and Jeff Seaman. 2014. “Opening the Curriculum: Open Educational Resources in the U.S.” https://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/openingthecurriculum2014.pdf
   Google Scholar
• American Political Science Association. 2018. “Undergraduate Enrollments in Political Science.” https://www.apsanet.org/Portals/54/APSA%20Files/Data%20Reports/Charts/2018-November-cotm.pdf?ver=2018-11-27-090838-727
   Google Scholar
• Arceneaux, Kevin. 2001. “The ‘‘Gender Gap’’ in State Legislative Representation: New Data to Tackle an Old Question.” Political Research Quarterly 54(1):143–160.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bissell, A. 2009. “Permission Granted: Open Licensing for Educational Resources.” Open Learning, the Journal of Open and Distance Learning 24(1):97–106. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02680510802627886.
   Google Scholar
• Bliss, T. J., John Hilton, III, David A. Wiley, and Kim Thanos. 2013. “The Cost and Quality of Online Open Textbooks: Perceptions of Community College Faculty and Students.” First Monday 18(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v18i1.3972.
   Google Scholar
• Brandle, Shawna. 2018. “Opening up to OERs: Electronic Original Sourcebook versus Traditional Textbook in the Introduction to American Government Course.” Journal of Political Science Education 14(4):535–554. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15512169.2017.1420482.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Buczynksi, J. 2007. “Faculty Begin to Replace Textbooks with ‘Freely’ Accessible Online Resources.” Internet Reference Services Quarterly 11(4):169–174.
   Google Scholar
• Feldstein, Andre, Mirta, Martin Amy, Hudson, Kiara Warren, John Hilton III, and David, Wiley. 2012. “Open Textbooks and Increased Student Access and Outcomes.” European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning. 2:1–9.
   Google Scholar
• Fischer, L., John l Hilton, T. J. Robinson, and D. A. Wiley. 2015. “A Multi-Institutional Study of the Impact of Open Textbook Adoption on the Learning Outcomes of Post-Secondary Students.” Journal of Computing in Higher Education 27(3):159–172. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-015-9101-x.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gohmann, Stephan F., and Lee C. Spector. 1989. “Test Scrambling and Student Performance.” Journal of Economic Education 20(3):235–238.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Griggs, Richard A., and Sherri L. Jackson. 2017. “Studying Open versus Traditional Textbook Effects on Students’ Course Performance: Confounds Abound.” Teaching of Psychology 44(4):306–312. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0098628317727641.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harackiewicz, J. M., K. E. Barron, S. M. Carter, A. T. Lehto, and A. J. Elliot. 1997. “Predictors and Consequences of Achievement Goals in the College Classroom: Maintaining Interest and Making the Grade.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 73(6):1284–1295.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hedlund, Ronald D., Patricia K. Freeman, Keith E. Hamm, and M. Stein Robert. 1979. “The Electability of Women Candidates: The Effects of Sex Role Stereotypes.” Journal of Politics 41(2):513–524.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hendricks, Christina, Stefan A. Reinsberg, and Georg Rieger. 2017. “The Adoption of an Open Textbook in a Large Physics Course: An Analysis of Cost, Outcomes, Use, and Perceptions.” International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning 18(4).
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hilton, III John. 2016. “Open Educational Resources and College Textbook Choices: A Review of Research on Efficacy and Perceptions.” Educational Technology Research and Development 64(4):573–590. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-016-9434-9.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hilton III, L. John, Donna Gaudet, Phil Clark, Jared Robinson, and David Wiley. 2013. “The Adoption of Open Educational Resources by One Community College Math Department.” The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 14(4).
   Google Scholar
• Hilton, III, John. and Carol Laman 2012. “One College’s Use of an Open Psychology Textbook.” Open Learning 27(3):265–272. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02680513.2012.716657.
   Google Scholar
• Illowsky, Barbara Sack, John Hilton Iii, Justin Whiting, and Jordan Dale Ackerman. 2016. “Examining Student Perceptions of an Open Statistics Book.” Open Praxis 8(3):265–276. doi: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.8.3.304.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kernell, Samuel, Gary, Jacobson, Thad, Kousser and Lynn, Vavreck. 2016. The logic of American politics. 7th ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press
   Google Scholar
• Krutz, Glen. 2016. OpenStax American Government. Houston: OpenStax
   Google Scholar
• Lawrence, Christopher N., and Julie A. Lester. 2018. “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Adopting Open Educational Resources in an Introductory American Government Course.” Journal of Political Science Education 14(4):555–566. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15512169.2017.1422739.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lindshield, Brian L., and Koushik Adhikari. 2013. “Online and Campus College Students like Using an Open Educational Resource instead of a Traditional Textbook.” MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching 9(1):26–38.
   Google Scholar
• Lynch, Andy, and Brooke Ratto. 2012. “Undergraduate Student Perceptions of a Free Textbook Alternative.” Business Education and Accreditation 4(1):25–32.
   Google Scholar
• Marcal, Leah, and William W. Roberts. 2000. “Computer Literacy Requirements and Student Performance in Business Communications.” Journal of Education for Business 75(5):253–257.
   Google Scholar
• Martin, A., and A.W. Lehren. 2012. “A generation hobbled by the soaring cost of college.” The New York Times.
   Google Scholar
• Montgomery, Jacob, Brendan Nyhan, and Michelle Torres. 2018. “How Conditioning on Posttreatment Variables Can Ruin Your Experiment and What to Do about It.” American Journal of Political Science 62(3):760–775. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12357.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morris-Babb, M., and S. Henderson. 2012. “An Experiment in Open-Access Textbook Publishing: Changing the World One Textbook at a Time.” Journal of Scholarly Publishing 43(2):148–155. doi: https://doi.org/10.3138/jsp.43.2.148.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• National Association of College Stores. 2017. “Student Watch Attitudes & Behaviors toward Course Materials 2016-17 Report.”
   Google Scholar
• National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. 2017. College Navigator.
   Google Scholar
• Oliveras, Orlando J. 2001. “Student Interest, Grading Lenience, and Teaching Ratings: A Conceptual Analysis.” Contemporary Educational Psychology 26(3):382–399.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pawlyshyn, N., D. Braddlee, L. Casper, and H. Miller. 2013. “Adopting OER: A Case Study of Cross-Institutional Collaboration and Innovation.” Educause Review. Retrieved from https://er.educause.edu/articles/
   Google Scholar
• Petrides, Lisa, Cynthia Jimes, Clare Middleton-Detzner, Julie Walling, and Shenandoah Weiss. 2011. “Open Textbook Adoption and Use: implications for Teachers and Learners.” Open Learning 26(1):39–49. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02680513.2011.538563.
   Google Scholar
• Robinson, T. J. 2015. Open Textbooks: The Effects of Open Educational Resource Adoption on Measures of Post-Secondary Student Success. Doctoral dissertation.
   Google Scholar
• Tiruneh, Gizachew. 2007. “Does Attendance Enhance Political Science Grades?” Journal of Political Science Education 3(3):265–276. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15512160701620776.
   Google Scholar
• Ulbig, Stacy. 2009. “Engaging the Unengaged: Using Visual Images to Enhance Students' “Poli Sci 101”Experience.” PS: Political Science and Politics 42(2):385–391. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096509090520.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• UNESCO. 2006. Open Educational Resources: Deliberations of a Community of Interest. Lillehammer, Norway: Icde SCOP.
   Google Scholar
• Vojtech, Gabrielle, and Judy Grissett. 2017. “Student Perceptions of College Faculty Who Use OER.” International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning 18(4). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/180468/
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Williams, Mary L., Charles Waldauer, and G. Duggal Vijaya. 1992. “Gender Differences in Economic Knowledge: An Extension of the Analysis.” Journal of Economic Education 23(3):219–231.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar