A research of teacher's opinions and student attitudes on middle school science lesson textbooks

In the research, it is aimed to examine the views of teachers and student attitudes on the educational design of middle school science textbooks. A semi-structured interview form was used to define the views of the teachers in the study, and the student attitude scale towards the textbooks published in the literature was used to define the student attitudes. The sample of the teacher interview study included in the research consists of 10 middle school science teachers working in Antalya province Kumluca district. The sample of the student attitude scale study consists of 922 middle school students studying in Antalya province Kumluca district. In the study, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted with the data collected in the study to ensure the validity of the student attitude scale obtained from the literature in the study sample. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were applied on the five sub-factors of the attitude scale, and the construct validity of the scale was ensured. Descriptive analyzes and ANOVA tests were carried out with the data obtained in the study of determining student attitudes, using SPSS 23.0 and LISREL package programs. With the findings obtained as a result of the analyzes, it was determined that the educational design of the secondary school science textbooks should be improved in terms of content arrangement strategies, teaching learning methods and assessment and evaluation competencies in line with the opinions of secondary school science teachers. In addition, it was concluded that student attitudes towards secondary school science textbooks differ according to student grade levels.