The use of the Taxonomy of educational objectives : cognitive domain when analyzing and comparing geography objectives and questions on the public examinations for the province of Newfoundland

• Main Author: Mercer, William Wayne
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 1972
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/7386/; https://research.library.mun.ca/7386/1/Mercer_WilliamWayne.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/7386/3/Mercer_WilliamWayne.pdf

The study examined whether or not there is a discrepancy, as identified by Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain, between the objectives as stated in Newfoundland geography curriculum guides and those objectives tested on Public Examinations in Geography for Grades IX and X. Data for this study were derived from two sources: geography curriculum guides for Grades IX and X, and from the Grades IX and X Public Examinations in Geography that were administered between 1960-1969. A total of 739 test items and 319 curriculum guide objectives comprised the population used in this study and each was classified according to the six major levels of Bloom's taxonomy. -- The assistance of three judges was also required in order to validate the researcher's competency in rating test items and curriculum guide objectives according to the six major levels of Bloom's taxonomy. These judges were selected from the replies to a circular sent to members in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Memorial University. -- A preliminary investigation was undertaken by the researcher in order (i) to ascertain the judges familiarity with the research instrument, (ii) to validate the researcher's competence in using the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives; Cognitive Domain, and (iii) to determine if the taxonomy could be used in classifying curriculum guide objectives. -- This preliminary investigation made the researcher aware of the fact that curriculum guide objectives could not be classified according to Bloom's taxonomy unless they were stated in terms of actual pupil performance. As a result a behavioural interpretation was assigned to the curriculum guide objectives by the researcher and then validated with the assistance of Grade IX geography teachers in and around the environs of St. John's. -- Having successfully overcome the problems presented in the preliminary investigation, the researcher conducted the pilot study. The purpose for conducting this pilot study was to solve the two sub-problems that ...