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Turkish Language Teachers’ Higher-Order Thinking Question Preparation Competencies
Abstract
The goal of this study is to examine native language teachers’ competencies in preparing higher-order thinking questions. Designed as a descriptive research, this study was conducted through a document analysis method. The data consisted of questions prepared by teachers employed in secondary schools in a medium-sized city in Turkey. A higher-order question preparation guideline was used as a data collection tool, and the analysis was carried out in two stages. First, the items were analyzed using Revised Bloom's Taxonomy. Second, a categorical content analysis was conducted to determine which thinking skills were measured by the questions that targeted higher-order thinking skills. Findings showed that only 12.8% of the questions measured higher-order thinking skills. It was also found that the questions largely focused on measuring meaning-based structuring, inference, comparison, and application thinking skills, while they were insufficient in measuring self-evaluation, problem solving, discussion, sequencing, and questioning skills. This research revealed that teachers had serious problems with authoring questions for higher-order thinking and that they needed immediate training in this regard.
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Supporting Institution
Ordu University’s Scientific Research Comity
Project Number
A-2027.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Curriculum and Instration (Other) , Turkish Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
August 30, 2024
Submission Date
January 3, 2024
Acceptance Date
May 1, 2024
Published in Issue
Year 2024 Volume: 25 Number: 2