This paper is aimed to analyze contents based on elaboration theory on the Lesson of 'Understanding of Machine' in Technology and Home Economics Textbooks of Middle School related to The 7th National Curriculum.
In this paper were used to do research...
This paper is aimed to analyze contents based on elaboration theory on the Lesson of 'Understanding of Machine' in Technology and Home Economics Textbooks of Middle School related to The 7th National Curriculum.
In this paper were used to do research work 10 kinds of Technology ․ Home economics Textbooks.
The obtained results are as follows:
1. Procedural elaboration process is usually used as elaboration process in technology education textbook.
2. Elaboration strategies used in each textbook are almost same.
3. The different vocabularies are used in same textbook based on a elaboration strategies.
4. The meaning of vocabularies used in usual case and in view of elaboration strategies case is differently used. This is a reason to confuse the meaning of vocabularies in the middle school.
5. The analogy of elaboration strategy is adopted only one textbook among 10 middle school textbooks.