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Through a survey questionnaire, teachers and students were asked their perceptions ofthe textbooks. Then a sub-sample of the teachers and students were interviewed to collect more in-depth data on their assessment of the textbooks. The results indicated that the textbooks assist the teacher in instructional planning and in preparing exams, and help the students deal with the content. However, both teachers and students point to problems in textbooks in terms of their physical aspects, content presentation and organization, language, teaching and learning aids, and their impact on students. The textbooks focus mostly on transmission of knowledge, and they are found ineffective in leading students to read the information with interest and develop an understanding of the content area. They are found ineffective in developing students' thinking skills and positive attitudes toward the subject.  \nKeywords: textbook evaluation, history textbooks, high school, Turkish education  \nIntroduction  \nThis study is part of a three-year-long research project supported by the Turkish Ministry of National Education. The project aims to investigate social studies teaching from many aspects such as curriculum, the teaching and learning process, textbooks and other instructional materials, student assessment, and the impact on students. This paper specifically focuses on the assessment of high school textbooks through teachers' and students' perspectives by using history textbooks as the subject for this case study. Two research questions guided the data collection and analysis: (1) How do teachers assess highschool history textbooks in terms of their physical appearance, content selection and presentation, language, teaching and  \nAli Yildirim , Professor at the Department of Educational Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Corresponsence concerning this article should be addresses to Ali Yildirim, Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, 06531, Ankara, Turkey. e-mail: [aliy@metu.edu.tr](aliy@metu.edu.tr)  \nlearning aids, impact of students and assistance to the teacher?  \n(2) How do students assess high school history textbooks in terms of their physical appearance, illustrations, content, language, flow, questions and impact on student thinking and interest?  \nTextbooks are probably the most frequently used instructional material in different levels of education. They communicate the course content to the teacher and the students, and become an important source in progressing toward the objectives of the course. In fact, in many elementary and secondary schools, a large part of the knowledge to which students are exposed comes from the textbook. In his report to American Textbook Council on History textbooks, Sewall (2000) indicated that textbooks are “the sole source of information about the subject for teachers and students alike (p. 9) . This implies that students spend a great deal of time with the textbook both for classroom activities and homework assignments.  \nIdeally, textbooks should be resources for teachers to use  \nin designing instruction and for students to refer to in learning the subject matter content. Textbooks provide some degree of content expertise for subject matter issues, a logical sequence of content, and a variety of support activities like questions, test items, cases, and summaries. They may help make the teaching content-oriented and comprehensive, and allow more effective use of teacher time (Westbury, 1990) . However, in many educational systems, textbooks have a controlling impact on what is taught in schools. Some researchers even argue that textbooks tend to be the primary infl","cbCaic1jy0rbbZb3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic1jy0rbbZb3","pdf",397373,11,"English","# Introduction\n## Background on textbook use in education\n## Study context and research questions\n# Method and evaluation focus\n## Teachers' evaluation dimensions\n## Students' evaluation dimensions","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the study on Turkish high school history textbooks?\",\"answer\":\"The study investigates how teachers and students assess the textbooks they use in high school history courses in Turkey.\"},{\"question\":\"How were teachers’ and students’ evaluations collected?\",\"answer\":\"A survey questionnaire gathered perceptions, and a sub-sample of teachers and students was interviewed to collect more detailed information.\"},{\"question\":\"What positive roles do textbooks play according to the results?\",\"answer\":\"Textbooks assist teachers in instructional planning and exam preparation and help students deal with the course content.\"}]","High School Textbooks in Turkey from Teachers' and Students' Perspectives - The Case of History Textbooks | PDF",1792073883,28]