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- Title
The Use of a Sociological Perspective in the Development of a Science Textbook Evaluation Instrument.
- Authors
Mulkey, Lynn M.
- Abstract
The article provides a new perspective on science textbook evaluation through the introduction of an assessment instrument developed regarding social influences to scientific knowledge. Findings of the study indicated that science textbooks are more available in middle-than working-class districts. It seemed that a logical consequence was that the child in a middle-class district would have potential access to a greater variety of text materials than a child in a working-class district. The second finding, a consistent main grade effect on all aspects of orientation to participation, was more pervasive than in the case of political-science texts, mainly because of the complex cognitive skills and accompanying motivational factors that are required in order to do science. The third and last finding that social class had a distinctive effect on orientation to cognitive flexibility can perhaps be explained by some traditional theoretical insight.
- Subjects
TEXTBOOKS; SCIENCE; SOCIAL influence; SOCIAL order; SCIENCE &; society; SCIENTIFIC knowledge; SOCIAL classes; COGNITIVE ability; MIDDLE class; WORKING class
- Publication
Science Education, 1987, Vol 71, Issue 4, p511
- ISSN
0036-8326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/sce.3730710404