Analysis of Appropriateness and us age of Physics terms in Grade Seven and 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,illdefinedandnonequivalent.Presencesofstrangesoundconfiguration,conceptuallyambiguousterms,difficultyofunderstanding,lackofcooperationamongtermdevelopersandtermusers,mismatchbetweentermsandtheirrespectivesymbols,lackofdialectalcomprehensivenessaresomeofthechallengesidentifiedsofar.Nonetheless,thefindingindicatesthattermrelatedproblemshavelittleimpactonstudents'interesttowardsthesubject.Theresearchersuggeststherevisionoflinguisticandconceptualappropriatenessoftheterms,collaborativeeffortsamongvariousstakeholders,reexaminationofwaysofpresentationoftermsinthetextbooksandreconsiderationofmeansofminimizingtheimpactofterm-relatedproblemsonstudents'understanding.
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usage of physicsterms ingrade seven and eightst udents'physics textbooks