The Degree of Incorporation of Basic and Advanced Scientific Processes in the Biology Textbooks for Twelfth-grade Students in Jordan
by: Abdulnour Karim Haddad
Abstract:
The objectives of this study were to analyze the extent of incorporating basic and advanced scientific processes in the biology textbooks for twelfth-grade students in Jordan. To achieve the study's objectives, the researcher prepared study tools, including a card for analyzing basic scientific processes and a card for analyzing advanced scientific processes, ensuring their accuracy and reliability. To address the study's questions, the researcher employed the descriptive-analytical method, one of the descriptive research methods. The study revealed varied distribution of basic and advanced scientific processes in student textbooks for the two semesters. The skill of "observation" was the most included at 25.61%, followed by the skill of "inference or deduction" at 16.47%, and data analysis at 11.19% as basic skills. Meanwhile, the skill of "interpretation or data interpretation" was the highest among advanced skills at 16.98%, followed by procedural definition at 4.11%, and model formulation at 2.57%. The results also showed that basic processes in activity and practical experiment books for both semesters were included at a rate of 64.17%, while advanced processes were included at a rate of 35.79% of the total content. Some scientific skills stood out with higher inclusion rates, with "inference or deduction" and "data analysis" leading the list at 16.15% and 13.10%, respectively. Conversely, some skills appeared with lower inclusion rates, such as "transitional thinking" at 0.43% and "analytical thinking and assumption imposition" at 1.74%. It is recommended to enhance the curriculum to increase the inclusion of basic and advanced scientific processes in science education, in addition to adopting teaching methods that encourage the use of scientific process skills..
Keywords:
Advanced scientific processes
Biological sciences
Basic scientific processes
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