A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TEXT DIFFICULTY IN SLOVAK AND CANADIAN SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=NMYeW0ZO3a" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=NMYeW0ZO3a</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2021-0007" target="_blank" >10.2478/cdem-2021-0007</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TEXT DIFFICULTY IN SLOVAK AND CANADIAN SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

One of the main purposes of textbooks is the mediation of educational content to students. The factual accuracy of information, as well as the clarity of the text for students plays a crucial role in this aspect. The inadequate text difficulty can complicate students&apos; learning. Comparing different approaches to the text in textbooks, considering the objectives of education, represents key knowledge for teaching materials innovation. This research was therefore focused on the comparison of the Slovak and Canadian science textbooks for lower secondary education. The methodology for assessing text difficulty according to Nestler, Prucha and Pluskal was used for this purpose. The samples of text from the textbooks for 6th and 8th grade of lower-secondary school were assessed. It was found that the text in Slovak textbooks is significantly more difficult. While from the syntactic difficulty point of view differences were rather partial, the significant differences were found in the semantic difficulty of the text. The Slovak textbooks are burdened with an excessive number of professional terms. Considering the results in measuring scientific literacy, this approach to the text in the Slovak textbooks is not effective. The results obtained are therefore an incentive to revise used educational materials.

Název v anglickém jazyce

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TEXT DIFFICULTY IN SLOVAK AND CANADIAN SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS

Popis výsledku anglicky

One of the main purposes of textbooks is the mediation of educational content to students. The factual accuracy of information, as well as the clarity of the text for students plays a crucial role in this aspect. The inadequate text difficulty can complicate students&apos; learning. Comparing different approaches to the text in textbooks, considering the objectives of education, represents key knowledge for teaching materials innovation. This research was therefore focused on the comparison of the Slovak and Canadian science textbooks for lower secondary education. The methodology for assessing text difficulty according to Nestler, Prucha and Pluskal was used for this purpose. The samples of text from the textbooks for 6th and 8th grade of lower-secondary school were assessed. It was found that the text in Slovak textbooks is significantly more difficult. While from the syntactic difficulty point of view differences were rather partial, the significant differences were found in the semantic difficulty of the text. The Slovak textbooks are burdened with an excessive number of professional terms. Considering the results in measuring scientific literacy, this approach to the text in the Slovak textbooks is not effective. The results obtained are therefore an incentive to revise used educational materials.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Chemistry, Didactics, Ecology, Metrology

ISSN

1640-9019

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

26

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1-2

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

89-97

Kód UT WoS článku

000746458500007

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85124050205