Thursday, May 9, 2013

Level of questions




Level of question

            Sanders (1966) stated that good questions recognize the wide possibilities of thought and are built around varying forms of thinking. Good questions are directed towards learning and evaluative thinking, rather than what has been learned in a narrow sense.
            Questions can be classified in several ways. A universally accepted classification of questioning in the cognitive domain was developed by Bloom  et al. (1956) : They are 

Knowledge:   Knowledge involves the recall of specifics and universals, the recall of methods and processes or the recall of the pattern. It’s the lowest level of hierarchy. 

Comprehension: This level refers a type of understanding or apprehension such that the individual knows what is being communicated and can make use of the material or idea being communicated without necessarily relating it to other material or seeing its fullest implication.

Application: This level involves the use of abstractions in particular and concrete situations. The abstractions may be in the form of general ideas, rules of procedures, or generalized methods.

Synthesis: This level includes questions which focus on putting together of part to form a whole.

Evaluation: Question at this level are used to develop judgments about the value of material and methods for given purposes.  

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