Quantitative and qualitative content analysis of third chapter of the tenth-grade chemistry book, 1402 edition

Document Type : Original research

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Secretary of Education Chemistry, Nazarabad, Alborz, Iran

Abstract

The program and content of the textbook is one of the important elements of the educational system and plays an essential role in realizing the goals of education. Content analysis is one of the important research methods that can be used to systematically and objectively study the characteristics of textbooks. The aim of the current research is to analyze the content of chapter 3 of the 10th chemistry book. In the present research, chemistry book 1 was considered for analysis from the point of view of its compatibility with the national curriculum. According to the frequencies obtained, the most attention has been paid to the field of science (32%) and the least attention to the field of ethics (8%). According to William Rumi's method, the calculated engagement coefficient is 0.428, which is active according to William Rumi's method. Examining the book images shows that 34% of the images are completely consistent with the text of the textbook, and 79% of the images have used highlighting techniques. Moreover, in terms of the teachability of chapter 3 and its learnability, we found that the teachability and learnability of its content is 88% and 79%, respectively.

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