Cognitive Process Analysis of PISA, TIMSS, and UN Science Items Based on Revised Bloom Taxonomy

摘要

It has been conducted the cognitive process analysis of science items of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007, and National Examination (Ujian Nasional/UN) academic year 2012/2013. The cognitiveprocess, according to revised Bloom’s taxonomy, that is remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create. The analysis result showed the comparison among PISA, TIMSS, and UN in measuring the high cognitive process (analyzing, evaluating, and creating) is 6:3:2 respectively.The highest percentage of PISA items measured level cognitive process of analyzing, evaluating, and creating; TIMSS items measured level cognitive process of applying; and UN items measured level cognitive process of remembering and understanding.