Developing Indicators for Evaluating Primary School Science Textbooks in Iraq Based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Abstract

The goal of the current research is to build indicators to evaluate science textbooks in the primary stage prescribed by the Iraqi Ministry of Education in accordance with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). To achieve this goal, the researcher prepared a list of three dimensions: scientific and engineering practices, comprehensive concepts, and basic ideas. The basic ideas included four fields: life sciences, physical sciences, earth and space science, engineering and technology, and twenty-seven standards and indicators for the standards, numbering (158) indicators, which included examples of standards indicators, taking into account The researcher examined the characteristics of the students and their age stage, the ability of the curriculum to contain the standard topics, and the diversity of the standard’s basic dimensions and topics.