Analysis of Greek Middle-school Science Textbooks about Forces and Motion from the Perspective of Three-dimensional Learning

Margarita Papakonstantinou; Michael Skoumios

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Margarita Papakonstantinou ¹, Michael Skoumios ¹ ^*

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¹ Department of Primary Education, School of Humanities, University of the Aegean, GREECE^* Corresponding Author

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According to the Next Generation Science Standards, science instructional materials can be efficient as long as they integrate three dimensions: science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts and disciplinary core ideas. However, research investigating the integration of these three dimensions in the content of school science textbooks is particularly limited. The present study aims to propose a framework of analysis and investigate the integration of these three dimensions, in the content of Greek middle-school science textbooks about forces and motion. A total of 61 reports and activities included in these textbooks were analyzed. A framework of analysis called Three-Dimensional Learning Analysis Inventory (3DLAI), which assesses the integration of the three dimensions in the content of school textbooks, was developed. Data analysis showed that only some science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts and disciplinary core ideas are integrated to a limited extent in the reports and activities of Greek middle-school science textbooks, while their coexistence in them is limited as well.

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crosscutting concepts
disciplinary core ideas
forces
middle school
school textbooks
science and engineering practices
three-dimensional learning

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 17, Issue 12, December 2021, Article No: em2039

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Papakonstantinou, M., & Skoumios, M. (2021). Analysis of Greek Middle-school Science Textbooks about Forces and Motion from the Perspective of Three-dimensional Learning. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17(12), em2039. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11309

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Papakonstantinou M, Skoumios M. Analysis of Greek Middle-school Science Textbooks about Forces and Motion from the Perspective of Three-dimensional Learning. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2021;17(12):em2039. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11309

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Papakonstantinou M, Skoumios M. Analysis of Greek Middle-school Science Textbooks about Forces and Motion from the Perspective of Three-dimensional Learning. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2021;17(12), em2039. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11309

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Papakonstantinou, Margarita, and Michael Skoumios. "Analysis of Greek Middle-school Science Textbooks about Forces and Motion from the Perspective of Three-dimensional Learning". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2021 17 no. 12 (2021): em2039. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11309

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Papakonstantinou, M., and Skoumios, M. (2021). Analysis of Greek Middle-school Science Textbooks about Forces and Motion from the Perspective of Three-dimensional Learning. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17(12), em2039. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11309

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Papakonstantinou, Margarita et al. "Analysis of Greek Middle-school Science Textbooks about Forces and Motion from the Perspective of Three-dimensional Learning". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 17, no. 12, 2021, em2039. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11309