Implementation of Blooms Taxonomy in the Construction of Teacher Made Biology Test in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers State, Nigeria
Publication Date: 19/02/2019
Author(s): Moses Fipasisi Sibo, Ochogba Chukwumela Obulor.
Volume/Issue: Volume 2 , Issue 1 (2019)
Abstract:
This study focused on the implementation of Blooms taxonomy in the construction of teacher made Biology test in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers State. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all the Biology teachers and administrators in the 243 secondary schools in Rivers State. From this population, 120 and 40 biology teachers and administrators respectively were purposively selected. An instrument titled “Implementation of Bloom Taxonomy in Biology Survey Questionnaire” (IBTBSQ) was used for this study. The instrument was face validated by two experts in department of Science Education of Rivers State University, Port-Harcourt. The reliability of the instrument was determined through Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient method. The reliability coefficient achieved was 0.86. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions while z-test statistical tool was used to test the hypotheses. The study found that Blooms taxonomy is not fully implemented in the construction of Biology test in Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers State due to most biology teachers not being acquainted with Blooms taxonomy. It was recommended that the association as well as school administrators should imbibe or introduce an effective use of Blooms taxonomy and that training centres should be built for science teachers in developing the skills of constructing test in relation to Blooms taxonomy.
