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    Analysis of appropriateness and us age of physics terms in grade seven band eight students 'physics textbooks: Focus on Oromo
    (Addis Ababa University, 2010-06) Legesse, Tekabe; Morgan, Mike (PhD)
    Theintentionofthepaperistoassesstheappropriatenessandusageofphysicstermsingradesevenandeightstudents'physicstextbooks.Toachievethisobjective,arangeofdatagatheringtoolswereemployed.Bothqualitativeandquantitativedatawereconsidered.Textanalysiswasusedtocollecttermsinstudents'physicstextbooks.Questionnairesandinterviewswereutilizedtogatherinformationfromthepeoplethathavedirectcontactwiththeterms.Basedontheconceptoftermformationandfactsaboutconceptofterms,someprinciplesandguidelineswereadopted.Theguidelineswereusedasscreeningdevicestoappraiselinguisticandconceptualappropriatenessoftheterms. Theanalysesofthetermsrevealthattherearetermsthatareunnecessarilyborrowed,lackpotentialderivatives,orthographicallyinconsistent,lackmotivation,synonymous,ill-definedandnonequivalent.Presencesofstrangesoundconfiguration,conceptuallyambiguousterms,difficultyofunderstanding,lackofcooperationamongtermdevelopersandtermusers,mismatchbetweentermsandtheirrespectivesymbols,lackofdialectalcomprehensivenessaresomeofthechallengesidentifiedsofar.Nonetheless,thefindingindicatesthatterm-relatedproblemshavelittleimpactonstudents'interesttowardsthesubject. Theresearchersuggeststherevisionoflinguisticandconceptualappropriatenessoftheterms,collaborativeeffortsamongvariousstakeholders,re-examinationofwaysofpresentationoftermsinthetextbooksandreconsiderationofmeansofminimizingtheimpactofterm-relatedproblemsonstudents'understanding.