- Wednesday, January 21, 2009
- The Effect of Question's Types and Levels on Students' Academic Achievement
- The present study aimed at investigating the effect of question's types (essay vs. multiple - choice), question's levels (remember - an - instance RI, remember- a - generality RG, and Use - a - generality UG), in one hand and Student's ability (high, medium, and low), on the other hand, on students’ academic achievement.
To accomplish this aim, a random sample consisted of one hundred and forty freshman university students at An-Najah National University were presented with a 1159 - word passage chosen from their required university textbook University English I. The sample of this study was randomly assigned into seven groups: Six groups were given the passage followed with post passage questions. Three groups were exposed to multiple-choice questions written on three levels of learning according to Merrill’s Taxonomy - Remember - an - Instance (RI), Remember - a - Generality (RG), and Use - a - generality (UG). Three other groups were exposed to essay questions written on the same m -