Evaluation of mathematical physics issues in the content of physics books for the preparatory stage according to the skills of inferential thinking
The current research aims to evaluate the exercises of physics textbooks for the preparatory stage according to the skills of reasoning thinking. To achieve the goal of the research, the researchers took the descriptive analytical approach and built a tool (content analysis) and then presented it in its initial form consisting of three skills (induction, deduction and representation) with indicators that pertain to each skill on a group of experts .After the researchers took the opinions of the experts and arbitrators into consideration, the researchers reached the final form of the tool. Then the researchers analyzed the exercises of physics textbooks for the preparatory stage established by the Ministry of Education for the academic year 2020-2021 in the light of the tool prepared by the researchers. This was done by selecting a sample of physics textbooks for the preparatory stage . The researchers adopted the unit of idea as a unit of his analysis, which consists of two types (explicit idea and implicit idea) and taking the unit of repetition as the unit of recording .Then the researchers made sure of the validity of the analysis, as well as calculating the stability of the analysis.. After completing these procedures, the researchers carried out the final analysis process by using of: Holstey equation, and statistical bag for social sciences (spss-24). Then the researchers evaluated the exercises of physics textbooks for the preparatory stage based on the model (Al-Rabi’i, 2020) and obtained the following results: -The percentage of inclusion in physics textbooks for the preparatory stage reached (89.92%) and is considered (high) when compared to the hypothetical spoken ratios adopted by the researchers. - Exercises of physics textbooks for the fifth and sixth grades (biological) are equal in including reasoning thinking skills, -The percentage of reasoning thinking skills varies in the exercises of physics textbooks for the preparatory stage. Based on these results, the researchers developed a number of recommendations and proposals. Keywords: evaluation, physical exercises, reasoning thinking skills.