EVALUATION OF SCIENCE TEXTBOOK OF CLASS VIII OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE BOARD OF SCHOOL EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF RESPONSES OF EXPERTS

Abstract

The present study is related with, “Evaluation of Science Textbook of Class VIII of J & K State Board of School Education on the basis of Responses of Experts”. The study was conducted on 30 Experts which were purposively selected from different government and private schools of Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama of Jammu and Kashmir. Open- ended questionnaire developed by the researcher was used for knowing the responses of experts. Data were analysed by using Content Analysis. The main findings of the research were; According to the teachers, most of the aspects of the book are up to the mark and need no review but there are certain aspects of the book which need a change such as printing of the book, paper quality of the book, cover page of the book, pictures on the cover page, language of the textbook, introduction of new vocabulary words etc.