The Analysis of "General Computer" Textbooks in Commerce,Information High Schools


KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 21-28, Oct. 2012
10.3745/KTCCS.2012.1.1.21,   PDF Download:

Abstract

In this paper, both content analysis and Romey analysis were employed to analyze three ‘General Computer’ textbooks used in commerce and information high schools. The content analysis was employed to study the organization and contents of the textbooks, whereas the Romey analysis to determine the inquisitive tendency of four sections - Text, Data, Activity and Evaluation. The results from the content analysis showed that textbooks differed in the number of subsections, the number of pages in each section, and the number of concepts introduced in each section. Also, results from the Romey analysis demonstrated that the section Text in all the textbooks was written with a low level of inquisitive tendency, but also that they differed in that two other sections Data and Activity in one textbook exhibited a high level of inquisitive tendency while the other section Evaluation in two textbooks did. Using the aforementioned results, we proposed ways to improve the readability of ``General Computer`` textbooks.


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[IEEE Style]
O. H. Kang, "The Analysis of "General Computer" Textbooks in Commerce,Information High Schools," KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 21-28, 2012. DOI: 10.3745/KTCCS.2012.1.1.21.

[ACM Style]
Oh Han Kang. 2012. The Analysis of "General Computer" Textbooks in Commerce,Information High Schools. KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems, 1, 1, (2012), 21-28. DOI: 10.3745/KTCCS.2012.1.1.21.