AN ANALYSIS OF COGNITIVE LEVEL USED IN ENGLISH SEMESTER TEST ITEMS OF SMPN 2 BANGKINANG

Syahdan, Syahdan and Sastra, Fahdia (2014) AN ANALYSIS OF COGNITIVE LEVEL USED IN ENGLISH SEMESTER TEST ITEMS OF SMPN 2 BANGKINANG. Lectura: Jurnal Pendidikan, 5 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2549-063X

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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to analyze the cognitive level used in English semester test items of SMPN 2 Bangkinang from the seventh grade up to ninth grade. The cognitive level used in each items was classified measure the percentage to find the comparison referred to bloom’s taxonomy in finding the right answer. Kind of this research was survey research which only analyzed what was in the field area. In this research, the researcher collected 150 English semester test items. Each class the researcher 50 items. The test were in form of multiple choices. Then, all of the items were classified based on its classification. By classifying the items, the researcher found that there were 32 items categorized into remembering (Remembering/C1) with the percentage of 21,3%, there were 61 items categorized into understanding (Applying/C3) with the percentage of 21,3% and there were 25 items categorized into analyzing (Analyzing/C4) with the percentage of 16,7%. From the results of this research it could be concluded that the cognitive level used in English semester test items of SMPN 2 Bangkinang at seventh grade up to ninth grade were classified in the level of ”Understanding (C2)” with the percentage of 40,7% and the level of the difficulty of the test was in the middle level. Key word: Bloom’s Taxonomy, Test, Items Analysis

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