List Volume 22Number 2 publication date:Dec. 2009 Back The Content Analysis of Algebra Material in the Elementary Mathematic Textbooks of Taiwan and Hong Kong     Author:Wei-Min Hsu & Yu-Ting Hsu Research Article Download This study was to explore how algebra materials were presented in the elementary mathematics textbooks in Taiwan and Hongkong. Kang-Hsuan version of mathematics textbook for 9 year compulsory education in Taiwan, and 21 century modern version in Hongkong were analyzed through content analysis. Analytic categories were designed to analyze the distribution arrangement of algebraic concepts between the two versions of math textbooks. This study found that although algebra contents are presented differently between the two versions, the overall teaching goals of the algebra content are similar: both emphasized the concepts of “building basic algebra concepts”, and “understand and apply symbols of unknown quantity”. There was a different arrangement of algebra concepts: Taiwan adopted a spiral method and integrated with number as a unit, whereas Hong Kong adopted a thematic method and presented independent unit of algebra. The presentation and arrangement of algebra concepts were mostly consistent with the teaching goals set by the two countries. According to statistical results of category counting, “relation and equation”, and “basic algebra concepts” algebra contents occurs most often in both versions of the elementary mathematic textbooks. Keywords: content analysis method, algebraic material, elementary mathematics textbook The Practical Discourses of Curriculum Action Research:From One-Self Towards Social Culture