EVALUATION OF A TURKISH TEXTBOOK IN TERMS OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

Abstract

The research aims to evaluate the characteristics of reading texts in a 4th-grade Turkish textbook in terms of students with specific learning disabilities. In line with this general purpose, answers to the following questions will be sought: 1. What is the text type distribution by themes?, 2. What are the readability values, average sentence length, word length, and text length of the texts? 3. Is the main idea/ ideas included in the texts?, 4. Are the texts adequately organized?, 5. Are the pictures of the texts compatible with the texts?, 6. What is the compatibility of the titles with the texts?, 7. What are the cognitive strategies used in the processing of texts?, 8. What are the types and distribution of end-of-text questions? As a result of research, the book's text genres are equally distributed. It was seen that most of the texts were far above the 4th-grade level. In some of the texts, it was determined that the pictures and titles were partially appropriate or not for the texts. In some of the texts, it was determined that the images and titles needed to be more appropriate or ideal for the reader. The end-of-text questions in most of the texts consisted of literal questions that did not require evaluation and inference skills.