Analysis of appropriateness and us age of physics terms in grade seven band eight students 'physics textbooks: Focus on Oromo
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2010-06
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Addis Ababa University
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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.
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usage of physicsterms ingrade seven and eightst udents'physics textbooks