Abstract :
The study of science subjects includes several concepts and numerous
terms. This study was conducted to analyse the biological terms in the
textbook of biology at grade IX. This study was descriptive in nature.
The results of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
examinations (Multan 2018 for class IX) revealed that the passing
percentage in biology (76 %) is less than other science subjects as
chemistry (78%). The results and views of science students of Pakistan
depicted that learning of biology as a subject is difficult. In this study the
textbook of biology for class IX was analyzed. Several difficult
terminologies were identified. Then a questionnaire was developed to
seek the opinion of students about those terminologies. Each
questionnaire contained 104 biological terms and 11 abbreviations used
in textbook of biology for class IX . Thirty two schools were sampled
from 4 Tehsils of district Khanewal. From each school 30 students were
randomly selected for the study. It was found that majority of terms were
derived terms and mainly belonged to zoology as compared to botany.
The study finally suggested that use of meanings of derived terms or
alternate and easy terms will be helpful in overcoming the difficulty in
understanding of biology
Keyword :
analysis, biological terms, derived terms, zoology, botany