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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2015.35.3.0375

Comparision of Verbs Used in the Learning Objectives in Physics Textbooks of Singapore, USA, & Korea  

Tae, Jean-Soon (Siji High School)
Yun, Eunjeong (Kyungpook National University)
Park, Yunebae (Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.35, no.3, 2015 , pp. 375-382 More about this Journal
Abstract
Textbooks corresponding to curriculum goals are necessary because they are specific products of curriculum and are the most important materials for teaching, learning, and evaluation. In particular, learning objectives written in textbooks should be clearly described because they play a role in promoting learning by showing learning goals to learners clearly. This study analyzed the characteristics of verbs used as predicate of learning objectives written in high school physics I and II textbooks of Korea and compared them with physics textbooks of Singapore and the United States. Results show that Korean textbooks have less kinds of verbs compared to those of Singapore and the United States, and the verbs with abstract and comprehensive meaning such as 'understand' and 'know' were mainly used. In American textbooks, it was noticeable that no verbs have been used by more than 10%. When classifying the learning objectives in the two Korean textbooks, cognitive domain accounted for 98 to 99%, and inquiry domain accounted for only 1% to 2%. With regard to physics textbooks of the United States, inquiry domain accounted for a large proportion of domains in learning objectives compared with physics textbooks of Korea and Singapore. Physics textbooks of Singapore were similar to those of Korea in that learning objectives were biased toward cognitive domain, but differed from those of Korea in that learning objectives were specifically described using action verbs.
Keywords
science textbook; learning objectives; physics textbooks; taxonomy of educational objectives;
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