Two Novel Approaches to the Content Analysis of School Mathematics Textbooks

Autor/inn/en	Petersson, Jöran; Sayers, Judy; Rosenqvist, Eva; Andrews, Paul
Titel	Two Novel Approaches to the Content Analysis of School Mathematics Textbooks
Quelle	In: International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 44 (2021) 2, S.208-222 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Petersson, Jöran) ORCID (Sayers, Judy) ORCID (Andrews, Paul)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-727X
DOI	10.1080/1743727X.2020.1766437
Schlagwörter	Content Analysis; Textbook Evaluation; Elementary School Mathematics; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inhaltsanalyse; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Ausland
Abstract	The analysis of the content of school textbooks, particularly in a time of cross-cultural borrowing, is a growing field restricted by the tools currently available. In this paper, drawing on the analyses of three English year-one mathematics textbooks, we show how two approaches to the analysis of sequential data not only supplement conventional frequency analyses but highlight trends in the content of such textbooks hidden from frequency analyses alone. The first, moving averages, is conventionally used in science to eliminate noise and demonstrate trends in data. The second, Lorenz curves, is typically found in the social sciences to compare different forms of social phenomena. Both, as we show, extend the range of questions that can be meaningfully asked of textbooks. Finally, we speculate as to how both approaches can be used with other forms of ordered classroom data. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01