An Analysis of Student Comprehension of Lexicon Relations in Science Textbooks

dc.creator	Wen-Gin Yang
dc.creator	Shin-Wen Chen
dc.date	2008-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:56Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:56Z
dc.identifier	1999-8856
dc.identifier	1999-8864
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c90b404ce0b14300aae6ab0270f18396
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/18044
dc.description	“Classification” and “Composition” are two essential lexicon relations which are typically embedded within statements in science textbooks. The purpose of this study is to explore student comprehension of the Classifications and Composition relations in science textbooks. Three hundred and sixty-eight junior and senior high students participated in this study. An excerpt text was chosen from a passage on “matter and atoms” in junior high science textbooks as the treatment text and the “Science Lexicon Relation Questionnaire” was developed to detect students’ comprehension. The results revealed students could recognize the discrimination between Classification and Composition of science lexicons. Meanwhile, senior high student understanding was better than that of junior high student. However, there were some students who did not clearly comprehend either or confused the two lexicon relation, especially for the blend-composition relations. Moreover, they could explain the blend-composition from their daily common-sense. To conclude, this study might be of importance in exploring lexicon relations in science textbooks, as well as in providing scientific teachers with a better understanding of student comprehension of these lexicon relations in their science learning.
dc.language	Chinese
dc.publisher	National Academy for Educational Research
dc.relation	http://ej.naer.edu.tw/JTR/ccount/click.php?id=14
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1999-8856
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1999-8864
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Journal of Textbook Research, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 101-127 (2008)
dc.subject	lexicon relation
dc.subject	Classification
dc.subject	Composition
dc.subject	science textbook
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	An Analysis of Student Comprehension of Lexicon Relations in Science Textbooks
dc.type	article