Content Analysis of the Elementary Sixth Grade Experimental Science Book Based on Merrill's Pattern in the Year of 1397 - 1398

Content analysis is a science and research method that has important in the subject. "The purpose of the research is to find the relationship between goals and content in order to improve existing content (Samii and Afzal Khani, 2013)." Sixth Grade Experimental Science Book is one of the important books of this period. By analyzing the content, we can improve the quality of the textbook by activating the book and selecting good concepts. The purpose of this study was to analyze the content of the sixth grade elementary science books based on Merrill's model. The statistical population is the content of the experimental sixth grade elementary school textbook in the academic year 1397-1398. The statistical sample is equal to the volume of the statistical population. The present study is an applied research and research method is descriptive and content analysis. The results of this study showed that most of the courses were practical and also the types of primary and secondary presentation were used appropriately. The segregation, variety, coherence principles and difficulties, have been observed.