The purpose of this study was to evaluate the twelfth grade (science
stream) mathematics textbook from the teachers’ perspective in light of
(the economy of knowledge). The study also explored the effect of
gender and experience within the sample.
The sample consisted of 75
male and female teachers all of whom were randomly selected from
government schools in the five directorates in Amman during the
academic year of 2009/2010. In order to achieve the purpose of this
study, the researcher developed a questionnaire that was made up of 30
items which were distributed over 5 domains. The results revealed that 4
of these domains received high scores (high quality) in which the average
was over 3.7. However, the content domain received the lowest scores
(medium quality). In addition, the results showed that there were no
statistical differences in the sample with regard to gender. On the other
hand, there were statistical differences regarding the teachers’ experience
wherein the more experienced teachers gave a higher evaluation of the
textbook than the less experienced ones.
