An Evaluation Of The Algerian Fourth Year Middle School Textbook On The Move Using Bloom's Taxonomy Of Educational Objectives(the Cognitive Domain)

Résumé: Learning language is a complicated process as it covers many aspects , and the cognitive skills maybe considered as the most difficult and important aspects in order to reach higher thinking skills. The present study aims at investigating the types of learning objectives represented in the Algerian fourth year middle school english textbook called ON THE MOVE using Bloom's taxonomy of learning objectives. To codify the learning objectives, a coding scheme was developed based on Bloom's (1956) taxonomy of learning objectives. The exercises and tasks and lessons of the textbook were codified and the frequencies and percentages of occurrence of different learning objectives were calculated. Results of the study indicate that the lower-order cognitive skills were more prevalent than higher-order ones. Furthermore, There is a lack of progression from the lowest (knowledge) to the highest (evaluation) cognitive levels. With regard to text content represented in ON THE MOVE , the textbook concentrates more on giving knowledge and try to apply it without even making sure that all the taken knowledge was well understood and comprehended by the learners. This means that the textbook is more practical like mathematics and physics. In addition, it is judicious to suggest that textbook authors encourage teachers to look beyond what is suggested on the school textbooks and rely on their creativity in exploiting it, so that , the teaching/learning process will be effective.

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