Analysis of appropriateness and us age of physics terms in grade seven band eight students 'physics textbooks: Focus on Oromo
| dc.contributor.advisor | Morgan, Mike (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Legesse, Tekabe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-06T13:29:48Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-08T04:33:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-06T13:29:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-08T04:33:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/16285 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | usage of physicsterms ingrade seven and eightst udents'physics textbooks | en_US |
| dc.title | Analysis of appropriateness and us age of physics terms in grade seven band eight students 'physics textbooks: Focus on Oromo | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |