It is not only the student's responsibility to understand a text. Whether or not the texts presented to students are prepared in accordance with their level directly affect the comprehensibility of the text. Many formulas have been developed to measure the readability of texts. The sentence length is one of the important variables in the readability formulas. The case study method was used in this study and 5 th , 6 th , 7 th , 8 th grade mathematics textbooks which were published by private publishers and approved by Ministry of National Education in 2017-2018 academic year were analyzed. In this context, the relationship between the readability scores of the texts at the level of knowledge, questions and solutions in the middle school mathematics textbooks and the comprehensibility of these texts were investigated. In this regard, the views of 18 mathematics teachers and 181 students at the 5 th , 6 th , 7 th and 8 th grades were taken on the comprehensibility of low, medium and high readability of knowledge texts, questions and solution texts. The students generally found the texts to be readable at a level that would not obstruct the understanding, and the teachers found it to be easily understandable. On the other hand, the students generally found the texts to be understandable at the medium and good level and generally understandable. Results showed that, teachers, except for the structure of the text in the middle school textbooks, want to; be increased the number of the daily life problems; be reduced the use of intensive symbols, and be increased the problems that are appropriate for their age and experience. Moreover, the students, except for the structure of the text in the middle school textbooks, want to be used multiple representations.
This study aims to investigate secondary schools students' reader self-perception and its relationship with the variables gender, grade level, student's and family's reading frequency and their preferences of reading environment. In the 2013-2014 academic year, a total of 549 students including the fifth, sixth seventh and eighth grade students were randomly selected from five schools in two different cities, located in the Central Anatolia region in this study. The scores of female students' levels of reader self-perception were higher than male students. Regarding the grade level, it was found that there is statistically significant difference among grades in their levels of reader self-perception. With regards to reader self-perception level of the students in this research, the frequency of reading, and frequency of family reading differed statistically significantly. In addition, students who prefer online reading have higher scores of reader self-perception levels than those who prefer in print reading. ÖzetBu araştırmada cinsiyet, okuma ortamı seçimi, sınıf düzeyi, öğrenci okuma sıklığı ile anne ve baba okuma sıklığı değişkenlerine göre öğrencilerdeki okur öz algı düzeylerini incelemek amaçlanmıştır. 2013-2014 eğitim yılında, 2 farklı ildeki 5 okuldan kolayda örnekleme yoluyla seçilen beşinci, altıncı, yedinci ve sekizinci sınıflara devam eden toplam 549 öğrenci katılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre kız öğrencilerin okur öz algı düzeylerine ilişkin puanları, erkek öğrencilere göre daha yüksek çıkmıştır. Sınıf düzeyine göre öğrencilerin okur öz algı düzeylerine ilişkin puanlarında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark oluşmuştur. Araştırmada öğrencilerin okur öz algı düzeyleri, öğrenci okuma sıklığı, öğrencinin anne ve baba okuma sıklığına göre okuma sıklığı yüksek olanlar lehine istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir şekilde farklılaşmıştır. Ayrıca internet ortamından okuma yapmayı tercih eden öğrencilerin okur öz algı düzeylerine ilişkin puanları, basılı materyalden okuma yapmayı tercih eden öğrencilere göre anlamlı bir şekilde internet ortamından okuma yapanlar lehine farklılaşmıştır.1 Yrd. Doç. Dr
This study aimed to investigate the readability of the fifth-, sixth, seventh and eighth-grade mathematics course books prepared in deference to the 2017 curriculum and distributed to schools by MEB. This study utilized the descriptive document analysis which is a qualitative research method. Readability of the mathematics course books were subjected to a quantitative analysis by Çetinkaya-Uzun Readability Formula. Addressing the readability levels of the texts in secondary mathematics course books, this study performed analyses of average word and average sentence lengths of the texts in secondary school course books. These analyses showed that there is no linear correlation between grade level and word and sentence length averages. Readability scores and levels of the text in the analyzed secondary school mathematics course books are not in parallel with the grade level. Accordingly, readability scores of information and solution texts in the fifth-grade course book were lower than the scores in other grades' course books whereas readability scores of question texts were lower than the scores in all grades' course books but the eighth-grade course book. Readability levels of the text in the analyzed secondary school mathematics course book were found to be on frustration level and educational level. Course books should also include independent texts with readability scores and levels.
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