Comparison of Topic Distribution in Multiple Versions of Mathematics Textbooks:Topic Trace Mapping
Textbooks are an important part for teaching and studying.Based on the TIMSS topic trace mapping method,this study analyzed four different versions of mathematics textbooks in compulsory education and compared them with the topic distribution of TIMSS high-achieving countries and regions(TIMSS A+).The results show that:(1)The overall trend of the number of topics in the four different versions of mathematics textbooks changed with grades.And the topic contents all reflected the gradual process from basic to advanced.The proportion of topic distribution with discontinuities was between 30.3%and 48.5%.The topics across three grades and above accounted for 39.4%to 57.6%.(2)Compared with TIMSS high-achieving countries and regions,China's mathematics textbooks have slightly more topics.Specifically,the number of topics that appear before grade 4 was much more in China and the consistence of topics was obviously worse than that of TIMSS A+.Besides,the average grade span of topics is smaller in China.The findings provide implications for the topic selection,content organization,textbook compilation and related research on mathematics textbooks in China.
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