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    Content Analysis of Diagrams in Secondary School Science Textbooks

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    Authors
    Liu, Yang
    Treagust, David
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Book Chapter
    
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    Liu, Yang and Treagust, David. 2013. Content Analysis of Diagrams in Secondary School Science Textbooks, in Khine, M.S. (ed), Critical Analysis of Science Textbooks, pp. 287-300. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
    Source Title
    Critical Analysis of Science Textbooks
    DOI
    10.1007/978-94-007-4168-3_14
    ISBN
    9789400741676
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23763
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This study describes the different types of diagrams contained in nine science textbooks used by Western Australian senior high school students. The content analysis of the textbooks provides information about how diagrams are distributed in different categories of textbooks and the trends in diagrammatic usage in the textbook categories. The first section of the chapter provides the results of the content analysis on the different types of diagrams – iconic, schematic, and charts and graphs – in each of the textbook categories; the second section reveals the distribution of the differences of diagrams in the different textbook categories. In the last section, the trends of diagrammatic usage across school years are discussed. These findings provide useful information for science teachers’ use of diagrams in their planning and execution of secondary science, and in particular biology lessons.

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