Fulfillment extent of general secondary study exam questions at chemistry in Jordan for improved taxonomy bloom levels

Document Type : Original Article

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Educational supervisor / Ministry of Education Jordan

Abstract

 This study aimed to to determine the ratio of representation of learning domains (cognitive, psychometric, and  affective) as  measured by the final examination questions of Chemistry  subject of the secondary level (2010-2014) in Jordan ; to identify the representation levels of cognitive domain and  to identify the ratio of representation of  types of questions (objective, essay).
    The  study’s sample consists of 455 questions distributed in 9 exames in chemistry, the researcher followed the content analysis method ,used the sub-question as the unit of analysis  . The study concluded that the  final examinations' questions of chemistry for secondary level concentrated on  the cognitive domain,especially at the application level, and they concentrated on essay questions more than objective questions  .  More importantly, the majority of chemistry final examinations didn’t conform to relative  weight of chemistry textbook units.

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Volume 37, Issue 37 - Serial Number 37
مناهج وطرق التدریس ( اللغة العربیة- الإنجلیزیة – الفرنسیة – الریاضیات – العلوم- الفنون- الاقتصاد المنزلی- التجاری ... )
July 2014
Pages 231-268
  • Receive Date: 10 April 2014
  • Revise Date: 25 April 2014
  • Accept Date: 20 May 2014