Dupen, B. (2017, June), Student Editors Improve a Strength of Materials Textbook  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--28857

\bibitem{asee_peer_28857}
  Dupen, B. (2017, June), \emph{Student Editors Improve a Strength of Materials Textbook}
  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio.
  10.18260/1-2--28857

Barry Dupen.  "Student Editors Improve a Strength of Materials Textbook".  2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2017.  https://peer.asee.org/28857 Internet.  25 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_28857}
  Barry Dupen.
  "Student Editors Improve a Strength of Materials Textbook".
  \emph{2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2017.
  https://peer.asee.org/28857 Internet.  25 Jun, 2024

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AB  - Commercially-published technical textbooks are periodically revised using feedback from technical experts (primarily professors), resulting in technically excellent works. However, these books are not edited for understandability by the target audience, so many undergraduates find college textbooks difficult to read. In spring 2012, I spent a sabbatical semester writing a Strength of Materials textbook for sophomore engineering technology students. The textbook is available online as a free pdf file. The students are required to submit recommendations for improvement as part of their homework assignments. I use these recommendations to update the textbook every semester. Now in its 11th edition, the textbook is significantly easier to read, has far fewer typographical errors, and includes new material the students requested. This paper discusses the process of continual improvement and the effects the textbook has had on student success over the 5 years of its use.
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