Abstract
This study analyzes the activities in the Turkish student workbooks in the framework of secondary school level Turkish courses based on the literature of “memory, information processing process, memory-learning relationship and the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.” It seeks to determine which activities are associated with which type of information in the parts of the long-term memory (semantic memory and episodic memory), and to identify the steps in the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy which these information are linked to. The study further presents the distribution of the activities in the books according to the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.
 Based on the results, the inspection of the distribution of the activities in the books in terms of semantic and episodic information reveals that there are more activities for the semantic dimension in all grade levels. Most of the activities in the semantic dimension, which includes academic knowledge and skills, are intended for the lower-order thinking skills; in the episodic dimension, the highest number of the activities are designed at the level of create whilst the lowest number of the activities are intended for the level of analyze and evaluate in all grade levels. The inspection of the distribution of all the activities in the books according to the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy points to that there are less activities at the level of analyze, evaluate and create, which entail higher-order thinking skills, whilst there are more activities at the level of remember, understand and apply in all grade levels.
Highlights
Turkish courses seek to help students develop extensive academic and social knowledge and skills through four basic language skills and grammar knowledge
Based on the relevant literature, the study seeks to reveal the number of activities is presented for semantic and episodic memory in Turkish secondary school books, and to analyze the distribution of these activities according to cognitive steps and the distribution of all activities in the books according to the steps in Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
The sample of the study consists of the 5th grade textbook by MEB Publications, the 6th grade student workbook by Başak Publishing House, the 7th grade student workbook by Ez-De Publishing House, and the 8th grade student workbook by Dörtel Publishing House
Summary
Turkish courses seek to help students develop extensive academic and social knowledge and skills through four basic language skills and grammar knowledge. The content of the materials prepared for Turkish courses need to provide knowledge and skills relevant to Turkish courses as well as to enhance student knowledge in other fields and improve their mental skills. Some information about Revised Bloom Taxonomy will be given. Based on the relevant literature, the study seeks to reveal the number of activities is presented for semantic and episodic memory in Turkish secondary school books, and to analyze the distribution of these activities according to cognitive steps and the distribution of all activities in the books according to the steps in Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
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