Analyzing Action Pack Textbooks' Questions according to Revised Bloom Taxonomy

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the questions in Action Pack English textbooks based on Bloom’s taxonomy for 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades and to determine the frequencies and percentages of the questions in the six levels of the cognitive domain.

The study consisted of two samples: English language instructors and English text books "Action Back" series. First: The sample of experts, the population of this study consisted of 20 instructors of 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Grade students in public schools in Amman, Jordan and 10 supervisors of English language in addition to 10 instructors of EFL in Jordanian universities. Second: the sample of English text books "Action Pack series, the population of this study consisted of the questions included in the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grade English textbooks "Action Pack series.

The results showed that the distribution of questions on the knowledge level was nearly the same in 7th, 8th, and 9th grades while on the 10th grade it was higher. The distribution of questions also was better in 10th grade for the application and synthesis levels. The results also showed that 8th, 9th and 10th grades got nearly the same distribution of questions on the knowledge level of Bloom Taxonomy, while the 7th grade got the highest percentage when it was 14.2%.

Keywords: Revised Bloom Taxonomy, Questions, Action Pack Series