تقويم أسئلة وانشطة كتب الاجتماعيات للمرحلة المتوسطة على وفق تصنيف (Webb) للعمق المعرفي

Rp- Assessment Questions and Activities of the Intermediate stage Social Books in accord with( Webb) Classification for the Cognitiv.pdf

Abstract:
The current study aims at assessing questions and activities of the interm
ediate stage social books in accord with (Webb) classification for the cognitive depth. The researcher adopted the descriptive analytical approach in order to carry out this aim for it is the most suitable approach to this aim. The researcher designed the research device represented by cognitive depth indicators and through the researcher’ review for the literature, previous standards relating designing reliable indicators about the way of preparing questions and activities in the academic books and what relate to it on the local and international levels; in addition to observing previous studies that had interest with the cognitive depth( webb) and its four levels. Therefore, the researcher initially designed the cognitive depth indicators of four main levels: remembering and reproduction, applying the concepts, the strategic thinking, and the thinking that lasts for each level ( 10) indicators; so, the total indicators number reached (40).
The external truth of the research device (cognitive depth indicators ) was ensured through its initial form by relying on opinions of experts and the specialized in many fields included Methods of Teaching History and psychology based on the notes mentioned by the experts about indicators’ items. The items that were in need for changes were modified where the researcher relied in this respect on agreement percentage ( 80%) among experts. Thus, the cognitive depth indicators got the external truth and to become with its final form (40) items, equally distributed on four levels. After the analysis process, it was ensured of analysis truth through a way of displaying sample of questions and activities that were analyzed with presenting the indicators that were designed. Later, the analysis stability was taken out by two ways. These are the way of the researcher with himself and the way of the external analysts; so, stability coefficient values by Cooper: (0.91 ), (0.87), (0.85), and (0.84) respectively.
The analysis process included questions and activities of the intermediate stage social books in the light of the cognitive depth from the researcher side. The research sample consisted of 222 questions and 132 activities distributed on three academic books for the academic year 2021 -2022. The researcher depended on the thought as analysis unit, he also depended on the repetition unit as a unit for counting, and he relied on the percentages that he reached to by applying questionnaire to a number of experts where the researcher concluded that social books got 739 questions distributed as the following: questions of the first year intermediate was 149, remembering and reproduction got 99 repetitions with a percentage 66.44%, applying the concepts got 45 repetitions with a percentage 30.20%, the strategic thinking got 4 repetitions with a percentage 2.68 %, and the extended thinking got one repetition with a percentage 0.67%.