Content analysis of ninth grade social studies textbook using William Rumi method with emphasis on geography section

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1 تبریز-چایکنار-کوچه شهید ناصر جمشیدی-پلاک 58

2 farhangian university - pardis almeh Amini

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The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the appropriateness level and amplification of research coefficient of the ninth grade social studies textbook. Statistical community under study is 9th grade social studies textbook and statistical sample is Geography section of textbook. In the terms of purpose, the present study can be considered as a practical study and In terms of the method used is descriptive and content analysis. At first, the appropriateness of the content of the statistical sample with the relevant educational level was investigated using the Ganning method, Then, the content of the statistical sample in the three areas of text, images and questions was analyzed using William Rumi's method from an active, inactive or neutral point of view, and the importance coefficient of each of the ten studied categories was determined using Shannon's entropy method. The results of using the Gunning method showed that the geography section of the 9th social studies book is unsuitable for the 9th grade due to the average difficulty level of 14.7. The results of using William Rumi's method also showed the content of the statistical sample of studies has been designed passively in the two fields of text and image and active in the field of questions. According to the results obtained from the using of Shannon's entropy method, in all three area of text, image and questions, the importance of passive categories is more than active categories.

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