Abstract:

This study was conducted to examine mathematics textbooks in terms of the root values in the curriculum. For this purpose, 8 mathematics textbooks taught in primary and secondary schools in the 2022-2023 academic year were examined regarding root values. Document analysis method, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. The identified textbooks were subjected to first-read by the researchers, and the expressions thought to contain value statements were identified. The study observed that the number of root values in elementary school mathematics textbooks decreased as the grade level increased. In primary school textbooks, the value of responsibility is the most common, and the value of honesty is the least common. In middle school mathematics textbooks, root values decrease as the grade level increases (except sixth grade). While responsibility and benevolence are the most common values in middle school textbooks, respect is the least common. According to these results, it is recommended that primary and secondary school mathematics textbooks should include a greater number and variety of value statements and that textbooks should be prepared with an equal distribution of these values according to grade levels and values.

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