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This research was conducted to evaluate textbooks in terms of message design principles. The research is a descriptive study based on examination of the textbooks. The books that were approved by the Ministry of National Education, as to be used in sixth-grade Social studies courses, comprised the research universe. Experiments covered "Turks on the Silk Road" unit which has the largest volume in the textbooks. In order to collect data for the study, a question set and a rubric scale were developed by the researcher. Data were analized in accordance with the rubrics and selected perceptible text-examples were used to demonstrate the inferred results. The results data were presented in groups by text organizers, meta structures, in-text questions, visuals and page setup. In the light of the results, it is deduced that text organizers, meta structures, in text questions, visuals and page setup were not effectively used in the textbooks examined

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