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Ernest Nkosingiphile Mazibe; Marissa Rollnick – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
Curriculum statements are crucial documents for guiding teaching and learning as they describe the content and skills to be acquired by learners. Textbooks translate curriculum statements into materials for use in schools. This study examines the educative nature of three physical sciences textbooks about electrostatics using the lens of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Physical Sciences, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Dykzeul, Theodore – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Current 11th grade U.S. History textbooks are Eurocentric and tell a biased portrayal of the country's history. This study analyzed the four most frequently used history textbooks in the most 25 populated school districts across the State of California using a mixed-method design, to show the degree to which they are Eurocentric. The four…
Descriptors: United States History, History Instruction, Textbook Evaluation, Grade 11
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Lijun Wei; Bilin Gao; Jingying Wang; Chunming Jiang; Xufan Zhang; Xiaomei Ping – Science & Education, 2024
In this study, high school physics textbooks published by People's Education Press (PEP) and Educational Science Publishing House (ESP) (a total of 6 books) in China were analyzed via a self-developed scale measuring nature of science (NOS) including three first-level indicators of scientific knowledge, scientific process, and scientific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Aydin, Sevgi; Tortumlu, Selma – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
To attain the goal of scientific literacy, the nature of science (NOS) is one of the areas that should be addressed. In many countries, the training of scientifically literate generations is a fundamental aim of science education, as a result there is an emphasis on NOS in science curricula and curricular materials. Textbooks prepared to teach…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
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Eren, Mehmet; Bulut, Mehmet; Bulut, Neslihan – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
The present study aimed to investigate how history of mathematics was integrated to some mathematics textbooks in Turkey. On this account, four different textbooks with different grade levels were chosen. In total, 42 cases were detected and studied by three researchers. Results indicated that the usage of history of mathematics was materialized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Content, Content Analysis
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Aziz, Majed S.; Zain, Ahmad Nurulazam Md – European Journal of Physics Education, 2010
The aim of this study is to compare and contrast the science process skills (SPS) included in the 10th-12th grade physics textbooks content utilized in Yemeni schools. The study revealed weaknesses and strengths in the textbooks' content. For instance, a number of science process skills (SPS), such as measuring, predicting and hypothesizing, have…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Science Instruction, Physics, Textbooks