Science Teachers Competence in Tests Construction Within Revision of Blooms Taxonomy in West Java, Indonesia Ridwan Efendi
Departemen of Physic Education, Indonesia University of Education
Abstract
A test as an instrument or systematic procedure for measuring of behavior. Teachers require an competence to design test items. The competence needed are often lacking and time required to design an effective test is rarely enough. This study concern was to find out how many science teachers are aware of the Revision of Blooms Taxonomy and are guided by it in test construction. This study was conducted through a cross sectional survey, in which teacher samples were selected from the science teacher population in the field. Data collection was done through teachers questionnaires and test. Table frequency, percentage, pie charts, graphs and averages are used to answer study questions. The finding revealed that science teachers do not adequately employ the Blooms cognitive levels objectives in constructing their test items. It also revealed that science teachers do not adequately make use of the action verbs in constructing test items. The finding therefore imply that training and retraining of science teachers in test constuction could help in improving science teachers made tests for effective learning assessment.
Keywords: Teachers Competence, Test Construction, Revised of Blooms Taxonomy
