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Bayaydah, Areen Mohammad; Altwissi, Ahmad Issa – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2020
This study aimed to identify and analyze the patterns of final exam questions prepared by English teachers for the 9th and 10th grades and to analyze all the revision questions presented in the English language textbooks in Jordan, based on Bloom's taxonomy to determine the nature and types of these questions. The sample of the study consisted of…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Textbook Content, Content Analysis, Language Tests
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Scholz, Michael A.; Huynh, Niem Tu; Brysch, Carmen P.; Scholz, Ruojing Wang – Journal of Geography, 2014
Geography textbooks contain chapter or review questions that may engage students in spatial thinking. This research used Jo and Bednarz's (2009) "Taxonomy of Spatial Thinking" to evaluate the percentage of spatial thinking questions in four university-level world geography course textbooks. The results from this study were then…
Descriptors: World Geography, Textbooks, Spatial Ability, Content Analysis
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Berrenberg, Joy L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Reports that a goal and item analysis of eight history and systems of psychology textbooks and their accompanying test item files showed that the majority of the essay test items are too narrow in scope to measure the commonly stated course goals. Presents some integrative and goal-relevant essay questions to rectify this shortcoming. Includes a…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Essay Tests, Evaluation Research, Higher Education
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Ellsworth, Randy A. – Journal of Educational Research, 1990
Analysis of educational psychology textbooks identified textbook authors' guidelines for teachers to follow when writing multiple-choice test items. Selected guidelines were used to evaluate multiple-choice items (N=1,080) from 18 college instructor guides to educational psychology texts. Results indicated that approximately 60 percent of the…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Psychology, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests
Thompson, Janet R. – 1982
An examination was made of a representative sample of language arts subtests on achievement test batteries and language arts textbooks to assess the skills tested and determine the material included in the instructional sequence. The four achievement test batteries were the California Achievement Tests, the Comprehesive Test of Basic Skills, the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Educational Research
Freeman, Donald J.; And Others – 1980
The results of one of the earliest studies in a series of investigations on teachers' selection of content for mathematics instruction suggested that teachers are responsive to content messages that are communicated through textbooks and standardizes tests. The content analyses that are summarized in this report were therefore undertaken in an…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Course Content, Educational Research, Elementary Education