A Comparative Study of Junior High School Mathematics Textbooks between People's Education Press Version and Gyeonggi Province Department of Education Version: The Case of Similar Triangles
Huang Jiaxuan
Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang International Studies University, Hangzhou 310023, P.R., China.
Xie Lan
Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang International Studies University, Hangzhou 310023, P.R., China.
Xie Zhengyuan
Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang International Studies University, Hangzhou 310023, P.R., China.
Wen Yang
Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang International Studies University, Hangzhou 310023, P.R., China.
Shen Zhongyan *
Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang International Studies University, Hangzhou 310023, P.R., China.
Ye Lixia
Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang International Studies University, Hangzhou 310023, P.R., China.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Similar triangles of junior high school mathematics textbooks from Chinese People's Education Press Version and Korean Gyeonggi Province Department of Education Version were selected for the study. The methods of literature study, content analysis and comparative study were utilized to compare the content of similar triangles in the two sets of textbooks from different aspects and dimensions. In the end, the study found that the People's Education Press Version was more complete in depth and breadth, but lacked interest, and the Gyeonggi Province Department of Education Version used the context well, but the knowledge content was relatively shallow.
Keywords: Junior high school textbooks, comparative research, similar triangles, people's education press version