Analysis of thinking level involved in biology test questions for the new college entrance exam based on Depth of Knowledge and suggestions for question design
The new college entrance exam attaches great importance to training students'thinking.The Depth of Knowledge(DOK)theory is an effective tool to evaluate students'thinking level by classifying thinking level based on different performances and using visible action verbs to manifest the development process of thinking.Based on the DOK theory,this paper provides an overall quantitative and local qualitative analysis of the thinking level of test questions in the 2020-2023 national college entrance exam Paper A.The degree of difficulty of test questions is:multiple-choice questions examine low-order thinking,while non-multiple-choice questions examine high-order thinking.The focus is on ordinary thinking and strategic thinking.Ordinary thinking requires students to recall conceptual knowledge while strategic thinking requires students to apply knowledge to varied situations,which is more challenging.It is suggested that test questions should be designed around a unit and the materials in tests should be more challenging than those in textbooks,considering the importance attached to scientific literacy.
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