A Comparative Study Of The Content Of "time" In Mathematics Textbooks For Primary Schools In China And Singapore

As the carrier of curriculum and the concrete manifestation of curriculum standards,textbooks are the main basis for front-line teachers to teach and the most important text resources for students to learn.The compilation of textbooks is an important part of curriculum design,which has an important impact on the quality of curriculum implementation."Time" content is one of the "common quantities1' in the field of "number and algebra" in primary school.There is a close relationship between the common quantities and quantities.For pupils,the concept of time is relatively abstract,and there are many puzzles in the rate of time progress.The content of"time" is closely related to students' life.It not only affects students' mathematics problem solving,but also their attitude towards real time problems.It is an important factor in cultivating students' time consciousness,and plays an important basic role in other subjects.This paper chooses the Chinese Educational Press and Singapore's Marshall Cavendish Edition(MC version for short below)to make a comparison.By using the methods of documentation,text analysis and comparative study,and combining quantitative description with qualitative description,this paper makes an analysis from the four dimensions of structure system,presentation mode,examples and exercises.It finds that the names of columns,knowledge distribution,illustration presentation and text presentation are included.There are similarities and differences in the form,presentation of knowledge points,number of exemplar exercises,breadth and depth of exemplar content,dialogue and communication guidance,type of questions,calculation of time amount,difficulty and so on.The following conclusions are drawn:People's Education Press has more types of columns,and the front columns of MC edition units are abundant;the content distribution of"time" in the two editions of textbooks is more balanced,and the proportion of MC edition content is higher than that of People's Education Press;the physical maps and life scene maps of the two editions of textbooks account for a larger proportion,and People's Education Press pays more attention to the setting of historical maps;the content of MC edition examples is broader,and the content of people's Education Edition is deeper;the dialogue and communication between the two editions The MC edition pays attention to the use of time axis,the PEP edition lacks the guidance of time calculation,and the two editions of "time" exercises have their own characteristics.Finally,based on the comparative analysis of the contents of "time" in the two editions of textbooks,several enlightenments can be drawn:Increasing the proportion of "time" content appropriately,setting up "mathematical historical materials" to enhance the cultural connotation of textbooks;Expanding the scope of examples,increasing "dialogue and communication guidance" to guide students' cooperative learning;Paying attention to the use of time axis in time calculation,strengthening examples,exercises and other disciplines.To strengthen the development of curriculum resources and focus on activity exploration,so that students can experience the process of "mathematicization" and "recreation".