Subjects Compliance of Digital Skills Textbooks for 4th Grades with Computer Science Teachers Association Standards in the Saudi General Education

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1 King Saud university

2 king saud university

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The study analyzed the extent to which the topics in the 4th grade Digital Skills textbook comply with the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA ) standards in Saudi general education. The study identified the core problem, which focuses on the necessity to develop digital skills curricula and their content to keep pace with advancements in computer science education. The study aimed to reveal the compliance percentage of the textbook topics with CSTA standards to improve and develop the curricula. The significance of the study lies in uncovering the extent to which current curricula comply with CSTA standards. Through this analysis, educational literature can be enriched, and recommendations can be made to improve curricula based on global standards. The researchers employed a descriptive methodology using content analysis, which is well-suited to the study’s nature and objectives. This method was applied to the topics in the 4th grade Digital Skills textbook, and the results were categorized into key concepts: data and analysis, algorithms and programming, networks and the internet, computing systems, and the impacts of computing. Also, it indicated that 23.8% of the standards matched the textbook topics, which supports global trends in teaching the subject matter. However, 52.4% of the standards did not align with the textbook content, and 23.8% partially matched the textbook topics. This indicates a need to improve certain aspects to achieve alignment with global standards.

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Journal of Faculty of Education- Assiut University

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 17 September 2024

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