An Analysis of The Cognitive Level of Teachers’ Questions to Students at SMAN 2 Kendari

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the cognitive level of oral and written questions used by English teacher at SMAN 2 Kendari. The researcher applied qualitative data of descriptive study. The data source was collected from the teaching process by three English teachers who teach at SMAN 2 Kendari. The researcher conducted observation to collect the data. The instruments used in this research were classroom observation and interview. The questions were collected, listed, and analyzed according to Bloom's Taxonomy: low order thinking skills: knowledge, comprehension, and application, and high order thinking skills: analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The findings showed that there were 99 oral questions in which 15% was knowledge level (C1), 45% was comprehension (C2), 12% was application (C3), 10% was analysis (C4), however synthesis level (C5) was 5%, 13% was evaluation (C6). The results indicate that the knowledge and comprehension questions were frequently asked by the teachers, respectively while it left little opportunity for synthesis and evaluation levels. Further, there were 16 written test questions in which 38% was application (C3), 6% was analysis (C4), 25% were synthesis level (C5), and 31% was evaluation (C6). There was not questions in knowledge and comprehension level.