"An Analysis and Study of Science Concepts of Three Science Textbooks W" by Marinita Navin
 

Date of Award

6-1962

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

First Advisor

Arthur S. McDonald

Second Advisor

Robert C. Craig

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to select the essential technical words employed in science from books used by pupils in grades four, five, and six, and to arrange them into categories of units or concepts involved in a study of science. The study represented an analysis of commonly used texts to discover (1) in what grades concepts are introduced; (2) to what extent they are graded in order of difficulty; (3) to what extent textbooks provide for continuity and sequence in vocabulary from grade to grade; (4) to bring the basic vocabulary of science into focus in order that it might be determined how this vocabulary can be controlled, directed, and strengthened in the intermediate grades.

Comments

A Research Paper Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Download

Share

COinS