Analysis of the questions of the Arabic language book for Grade 12 in Jordan in the light of Bloom's classification of cognitive objective

Abstract

The objective of the current study is to analyze the content of the 12th grade Arabic language book questions in Jordan in the light of Bloom's classification of cognitive objectives in order to reveal the cognitive levels measured by the questions of the Arabic language book for Grade 12 in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the percentage obtained by each level Of these levels. The researcher used the descriptive method. The tool consisted of constructing a special card to analyze the questions of the 12th grade Arabic language book. The analysis form included information including the title of the book, the official issuing authority, the edition and the year of publication. The analysis form was divided into four sections. The first consisted of units, the second included the lessons, the third contained the number of questions as they appeared in the textbook, and the fourth included the levels of knowledge.

The researcher analyzed the questions of the Arabic language subject of the study in the light of a special questionnaire that included the six levels of Bloom's classification (recall, understanding, comprehension, application, analysis, composition, evaluation).

To ensure that the analysis was consistent, three arbitrators were chosen to perform the same analysis on the search form.

The study found that 558 questions in the Arabic language book were the percentage of questions that measure information recall (25%). The questions that measure students' understanding of the content (36%), (9%), while the questions that require the student to obtain a new item were (5%), while the evaluation and judgment questions were (8%). Results A number of recommendations were made.