Turkish Language Teachers’ Higher-Order Thinking Question Preparation Competencies

Authors : Tuba Acar Erdol, Emel Bayrak Özmutlu, Pınar Kanık Uysal, Çiğdem Akın Arıkan

Pages : 1173-1216

Doi:10.29299/kefad.1414418

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Publication Date : 2024-08-30

Article Type : Research Paper

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.
Keywords : Ana dili öğretmenleri, Düşünme becerileri, Soru hazırlama yeterliği, Üst düzey sorular, Yenilenmiş Bloom Taksonomisi