The Examination of the Readability Levels of Texts in 9th Grade Biology Textbook

GÜL Ş., ÖZAY KÖSE E., Diken E. H.

CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF EDUCATION JOURNAL, cilt.49, sa.1, ss.1-27, 2020 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14812/cufej.466481
  • Dergi Adı: CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF EDUCATION JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-27
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ninth grade, Biology, Textbook, Readability
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study is to determine the readability levels of texts in 9th grade textbook used in the academic year of 2017-2018. This qualitative study is a descriptive study based on the document analysis. The readability levels of 33 texts randomly selected from 3 units of the 9th grade biology text book, which suggested to be used by Ministry of Education used during the academic year of 2017-2018, were examined with "Atesman's readability formula". The findings indicated that the readability levels of texts in biology textbook were generally in category "difficult" but also close to the "medium difficulty" border. As separately examined the findings for three units, it was founded that the readability levels of the texts were generally as "difficult" for the first unit namely "Biology: The Science of Life", "medium" for the second unit namely "The Cell", and finally "medium" for the thirst unit namely "The World of Living Organisms".