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Comparison of Lower-secondary Chemistry Textbooks' Text-difficulty Using Eye-tracking and the Nestler-Průcha-Pluskal Method
Sypecká, Martina ; Rusek, Martin (advisor) ; Tóthová, Martina (referee)
The bachelor thesis summarizes the results of a research focused on text difficulty in chemistry textbooks for primary schools. The used method was eye-tracking, in which pupils are observed by an eye camera that accurately records the reading progress. The research sample of pupils was selected using a reading pretest constructed from a released pilot task of the PISA test. In the next measurement participated eight subjects. The text difficulty was tested using selected excerpts from the chapters contained in textbooks published by Fraus and Nová Škola. During the test, the answers to each question were audio-recorded and afterwards the subjects were interviewed to map their stands to reading and chemistry. The results of these measurements were compared with the established method of the Nestlerová-Průcha-Pluskal trio. The research shows that successful readers were able to search the text for key information, according to which they solved the tasks correctly. Unsuccessful readers had to pay more attention to the text as they often had problems with reading comprehension, which led to using limiting strategies such as guessing. KEYWORDS Eye-tracking, The Think-aloud method, The analysis of primary school chemistry textbooks, Text difficulty
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Analysis of selected elementary school textbooks in the field of financial literacy
MAREŠOVÁ, Anna
The diploma thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. Theoretical part deals with textbook analysis. Its structure, theory, content, text, function, also with analysis of information. Furthermore, it deals with approach and methods of textbook examination in general. The thesis also focuses on didactical quality of textbooks. The end of theoretical part presents us inclusion of financial literacy into educational framework. The practical part deals with analysis of three different financial literacy textbooks and two other textbooks containing chapters focused on financial literacy. Textbook analysis was carried out based on didactical quality and also on difficulty of the text. Selection of analysed textbooks was made according to results of questionnaire survey.
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Cell Biology in Czech Lower-secondary Biology Textbooks
Zupko, Jakub ; Dvořáková, Radka (advisor) ; Kuba, Radim (referee)
Cell biology is a dynamic but also complex and abstract scientific field. Therefore, it is crucial that teachers have sufficient quality teaching material to teach it. This paper aims to assess the quality of the cell biology chapters in five Czech textbooks for 6th-grade science. Specifically, the textbooks of Fraus, Nová Škola, Prodos, SPN and Taktik publishers are the set under study. The content analysis of the textbooks focuses on six aspects: scope of the material, terminology, difficulty of the explanatory text (measured by the Hrabí method), content accuracy, the cognitive difficulty of the accompanying tasks (according to Bloom's taxonomy) and the nature of the non- verbal component of the textbooks. Differences were found in the didactic equipment and the correctness of the content of individual textbooks. In four of the five explanatory texts it is possible to find incorrect information (at least three and at most twelve false statements). Most of the accompanying tasks are aimed at the lowest levels of Bloom's taxonomy. The nonverbal component on average occupies almost one-third of the page space, with the most common type of pictorial component being a sketch. The most suitable textbook, based on the examined criteria, is the textbook published by SPN, followed by the textbook...
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Review of the textbooks and of other teaching materials for computer classes at primary schools
Hrabák, Jan ; Fialová, Irena (advisor) ; Vaňková, Petra (referee)
The purpose of this bachelor thesis is - besides mapping the availability of information and communication technology textbooks for pupils of the first stage of primary schools - mainly to evaluate their quality and to set evaluating criteria for them. Available textbooks suitable for teaching at the first stage of primary school are evaluated in the practical part of this work. In conclusion, the found opinions and attitudes of lecturers and teachers on available textbooks and other teaching materials are compared.
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Evaluation of didactic aspects of selected school textbooks
Pelouchová, Renáta ; Švecová, Milada (advisor) ; Mourek, Jan (referee)
The thesis entitled "Evaluation of didactic aspects of selected school textbooks" focuses on analysis, evaluation, comparison of didactic completeness, and text difficulty of selected biology textbooks. Beside of analyses of these evaluation criteria, the compliance of textbooks with Framework Educational Programme was proved. Furthermore, a survey among biology teachers was conducted to monitor the range of used textbooks on elementary schools and using of innovative technologies, such as electronic textbooks, in the educational process.
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Exploring readability - a comparison of methods of text difficulty measuring
Prchalová, Dana ; Papík, Richard (advisor) ; Vášová, Lidmila (referee)
This bachelor thesis consists of two main parts. Following a short historical overview in the field, the most used readability formulæ for Czech and English languages are presented in the first part, with peeks to couple of solutions in other languages as well. Each readability measure is presented with an equation and instructions for its use. In the more practical second part, the work focuses at using or not using the formulæ on everyday basis, presents problems related to them and discusses their reliability supported by author's own measurements. Measuring the trend of readability within a literary work represents a novel use of the formulæ. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The analysis of the textbooks and the creating of the learning texts about the thematic unit of carbohydrates and their metabolism for the gymnasial grammar schools
Šmídl, Milan ; Škoda, Jiří (advisor) ; Kolář, Karel (referee) ; Solárová, Marie (referee)
1 Abstract: The main parameters describing content and the accessibility of information from textbooks are many aspects such as text difficulty and others. Individual characteristics of pupils - that are represented by chosen student preconceptions and misconceptions - also belong to key factors. The providing of the comprehensive view of the issues regarding analysis and the linking of acquired pieces of knowledge with the practical textbook creation have been the main aims of this dissertation. The creation of an instructional text follows the analysis results of the topic carbohydrates and their metabolism in chosen textbooks and the preconception analysis of biochemical terms. The instructional text respects the results of the analysis. The theoretical background of textbook creation (the functions of textbooks, their structure, content, characteristics and investigated parameters) has been described in detail in the theoretical part of this doctoral thesis. It is followed by the survey of the information concerning student preconceptions and the possibilities for their analysis and use in teaching. The aspects of textbooks use from the perspective of pupils, teachers and publishers, as well as the relation of the topic carbohydrates and their metabolism to curriculum documents have been described in...
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Evaluating Difficulty of Chemistry Textbooks for Vocational Schools
Vosyková, Lucie
TITLE: Evaluation of the text difficulty of chemistry textbooks for secondary vocational schools AUTHOR: Lucie Vosyková DEPARTMENT: Katedra chemie a didaktiky chemie SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Martin Rusek, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: This thesis builds on previous researches of textbooks for primary, secondary and grammar schools and focuses on the analysis of the text difficulty of chemistry textbooks for secondary vocational schools of non-chemical focus. The aim of this work is to analyse the text difficulty of chemistry textbooks for non-chemical high schools, using the Nestlerova-Prucha-Pluskal method, to compare the text difficulty of chemistry textbooks for non-chemical high schools with primary and secondary school textbooks,and last but not least, to compare the text difficulty of particular chapters of choosen textbooks for primary and secondary schools. The results of the analysis are intended to provide teachers seeking support for their teaching with a possible criteria for a textbook selection. Based on the findings, the five analyzed series of textbooks can be divided into two groups. The first group consists of textbooks published by Scientia and Fortuna, whose text difficulty is at an appropriate level with a lower rate of technical terms. The other group consists of two textbooks published by SPN and...
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The analysis of the textbooks and the creating of the learning texts about the thematic unit of carbohydrates and their metabolism for the gymnasial grammar schools
Šmídl, Milan
The main parameters describing content and the accessibility of information from textbooks are many aspects such as text difficulty and others. Individual characteristics of pupils - that are represented by chosen student preconceptions and misconceptions - also belong to key factors. The providing of the comprehensive view of the issues regarding analysis and the linking of acquired pieces of knowledge with the practical textbook creation have been the main aims of this dissertation. The creation of an instructional text follows the analysis results of the topic carbohydrates and their metabolism in chosen textbooks and the preconception analysis of biochemical terms. The instructional text respects the results of the analysis. The theoretical background of textbook creation (the functions of textbooks, their structure, content, characteristics and investigated parameters) has been described in detail in the theoretical part of this doctoral thesis. It is followed by the survey of the information concerning student preconceptions and the possibilities for their analysis and use in teaching. The aspects of textbooks use from the perspective of pupils, teachers and publishers, as well as the relation of the topic carbohydrates and their metabolism to curriculum documents have been described in the...
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Evaluating Difficulty of Chemistry Textbooks for Vocational Schools
Vosyková, Lucie
TITLE: Evaluation of the text difficulty of chemistry textbooks for secondary vocational schools AUTHOR: Lucie Vosyková DEPARTMENT: Katedra chemie a didaktiky chemie SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Martin Rusek, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: This thesis builds on previous researches of textbooks for primary, secondary and grammar schools and focuses on the analysis of the text difficulty of chemistry textbooks for secondary vocational schools of non-chemical focus. The aim of this work is to analyse the text difficulty of chemistry textbooks for non-chemical high schools, using the Nestlerova-Prucha-Pluskal method, to compare the text difficulty of chemistry textbooks for non-chemical high schools with primary and secondary school textbooks,and last but not least, to compare the text difficulty of particular chapters of choosen textbooks for primary and secondary schools. The results of the analysis are intended to provide teachers seeking support for their teaching with a possible criteria for a textbook selection. Based on the findings, the five analyzed series of textbooks can be divided into two groups. The first group consists of textbooks published by Scientia and Fortuna, whose text difficulty is at an appropriate level with a lower rate of technical terms. The other group consists of two textbooks published by SPN and...
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