Content Analysis of Thermodynamic in High School Chemistry Textbooks Using William Romey Method

Document Type : Original research

Authors

1 Master student of chemistry, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Chemistry, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to analyze the content of thermodynamics in the textbooks of the chemistry of the high school in the recent century according to the method of William Romey. The statistical population includes 24 high school chemistry textbooks in 7 time periods. First, in each period, thermodynamic content was identified and determined that from 1304 (beginning of secondary education in Iran) to 1354, the thermodynamic content in the second-high school chemistry textbooks was very low, so the thermodynamic content after 1354 with William Rumi technique including text Images and questions were coded and reviewed in specific categories. The results of this study showed that the trend of changing the coefficient of involvement of categories (index of students' activity in the learning process) text, images and questions in the years 54 to 72: 0.285, 1.750, 1.250 years 72-79, respectively.: 0.077, 0.916, 0.782, years 79 to 95: 0.409, 2.266, 2.071 and 95 so far: 0.245, 1.333, 5.308, so in the text, it is less than desirable and inactive. The images are desirable and active, and the queries are more than all-encompassing and inactive.

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