Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities Social Sciences. Our aim to make current research available scholars, students, innovators, general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, engagement with international community.

Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities Social Sciences. Our aim to make current research available scholars, students, innovators, general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, engagement with international community.

Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities Social Sciences. Our aim to make current research available scholars, students, innovators, general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, engagement with international community.

This exploratory study focuses on identifying the usage pattern of e-books especially on how, when, where and why undergraduates at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FCSIT), University of Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur use or do not use the e-books service provided by the University of Malaya library. A total of 206 (82%) useable questionnaires form the basis of analysis. T...

Phylogenetic trees are important tools for teaching and understanding evolution, yet students struggle to read interpret them correctly. In this study, we extend a study conducted by Catley Novick (2008) investigating depictions of evolutionary in US textbooks. We investigated 1197 diagrams from 11 German United States university textbooks, conducting cross-country comparison comparing the resu...

We conducted studies to determine whether introducing an interactive textbook into introductory STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) courses can improve student grades. An interactive textbook has substantially less text than a traditional textbook, instead having numerous embedded question sets designed for learning and not quizzing, numerous animations of key concepts, and some built...

The centre of computer graphics and audio-visual services in the University of Tartu was founded in 1995. Classical "teaching aid" service for faculty members of the university used to (1) design and print either single or multiple copies of overhead transparencies, slides, photos course materials, handouts, etc; and (2) design illustrations for textbooks and articles. The audio-visual service ...