Content Analysis of Subject Matter According to Basic Thinking Skills, Environment and Psycho-affective Hadi Shahla Abdul Kadhim1,*, Naser Maysaa Yousif1, Hasan Abd Ali Nayif1 1College of Basic Education, Higher Studies Dep., University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq *Corresponding author: Shahla Abdul Kadhim Hadi. College of Basic Education, Higher Studies Dep., University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Learning situation witnesses a shift from focusing on supplying information about subject matters to developing as much relevant thinking skills as possible. Actually, subject matters and thinking skills are interrelated as the former is the context which stimulates the learners ’thinking. This paper aims at investigating basic thinking skills thought to be integrated to the content of the activity book “English for Iraq 3rd Primary”, by Etherton and MacBurine 2016. To this end, the researchers designed a taxonomy of basic thinking skills in light of which the content of that book was analyzed and they employed a mixed-method of analysis (qualitative-quantitative method). The results confrm the integration of both low and high thinking skills in various percentages and it is concluded that this variety is justifable as the immense integration of certain skills and the gradual introduction of others are expected to establish for an advanced level of thinking. Top Keywords Content Analysis, Subject Matter, Thinking Skills, Learning, Educational Exercises. Top |