ANALYSIS OF 6th GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOK ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT READABILITY FORMULAS

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Readability formulas are estimation tools that for gradually classifying the text regarding its difficulty or easiness based on text’s observable lingual features. The suitability of the course book to the level will provide an understanding of the subjects easily for students. In the study, readability and suitability to the target age group of secondary school 6th grade social studies course books, which belongs to seven different publishers, was determined. The descriptive model that based on document review was used for the study. Felsch Reading Easiness Readability Formula, Smog Readability Formula, Gunning Difficulty Indicator, Fry Graphic Readability Formula, and the readability formula which was developed by Ateşman for Turkish were applied on the texts was chosen from course books that were published by both MEB Publishing and private publishing companies. As well as these formulas, for researching the readability of 6th-grade social studies course books, Cloze test procedure, which has an international validity, was used. Sample of the study consists of all 6th grades from all schools of the central county of Artvin. At the end of the study, it was found that according to all formulas course books is not suitable for target population for all class level except for the formula which developed for Turkish by Ateşman. According to the Ateşman’s formula course books’ difficulty level is medium.

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social studies , course book , readability

Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi