The Evaluation of Instructional Design For Science and Mathematics Textbooks in

Abstract

This study aims to determine the educational criteria of science and mathematics textbooks in secondary schools and to evaluate these books according to these criteria. These criterion are adapted from Project- 2061 organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (A.A.A.S.) A Likert type questionnaire prepared according to these criteria was applied to 106 teachers in 15 different schools in physics, mathematics, chemistry, and biology. The alfa reliability coefficient of this questionnaire was found to be 0,82. As a result of this study, 7 major educational categories were identified, and it was also found that course textbooks do not include sufficient criteria of these 7 major educational categories.