Critical Analysis of Science Textbooks: Evaluating instructional effectivenessudincludes contributions by authors from various backgrounds, theorists andudpractitioners. In analysing science textbooks, researchers look into the balanceudbetween theoretical and practical knowledge, the portrayal of minorities, womenudand gender fairness, the treatment of socio-scientific and controversial issues,udand the depiction of graphical information, vocabulary load, comprehensibilityudand readability at the intended level, the representation of indigenousudknowledge, the role of textbook questions, and cultural and religious sensibility.
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