A Comparative Analysis of Questions in American, Singaporean, and Turkish Mathematics Textbooks Based on the Topics Covered in 8th Grade in Turkey

This study offers a comparative analysis of questions found in Turkish, Singaporean, and American mathematics textbooks and workbooks based on topics covered in the 8th grade mathematics curriculum in Turkey. To this end, the study utilizes the 3-dimensional framework developed by Li. When the questions in the textbooks and workbooks representative of those used in the United States, Singapore, and Turkey were analyzed with respect to their mathematical features, the percentage of questions that require multiple computation procedures were found to be 90%, 96%, and 85% respectively. When the questions were analyzed with respect to their contextual features, it was observed that questions categorized as purely mathematical in context made up 72%, 76%, and 61% of the questions in the books.