英文摘要 |
This study used the framework for Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 scientific literacy assessment, which analyzed parts of context, knowledge, and competence in each textbook question to investigate the features of questions in the seventh-grade biology textbooks and compare the differences among the three textbook versions. The results indicated that more than 90% of the textbook questions in all three versions assessed the competence of explaining scientific phenomena| however, few assessed the competences of evaluating and designing scientific enquiry and interpreting data and evidence scientifically. Moreover, approximately 90% of the questions in all three versions were designed to test students' content knowledge, and only a few tested their procedural and epistemic knowledge. Decontextualized questions accounted for 70% and mainly appeared in the assessment sections. The questions with personal context accounted for merely 10%-20%, and those with local and global contexts were rare. The results revealed that the main purposes of these textbooks were transmission, understanding, and verification of content knowledge rather than development of scientific competences. Textbook developers should design fewer questions requiring application of content knowledge, and instead, design more contextualized questions that make learners apply diverse knowledge and develop multiple competences. |