Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable achievement test that consists of multiple-choice questions according to the Renewed Bloom Taxonomy to determine the level of achievement of 6th-grade students in the science course "Matter and Heat". Firstly, learning objectives that form the basis of Matter and Heat were determined. Then, literatüre was reviewed and the item pool consists of 40 multiple choice items was developed. The questions prepared to determine the appropriateness to the student level were read out by 5 students. A table of test specifications was prepared according to the Renewed Bloom Taxonomy and the test was validated by a group of experts to ensure content validity. 24 items were selected for the pilot implementation. The test was applied to 169 sixth grade students. Results of the item analysis; The discrimination of three items was found to be less than 0.20 and the difficulties less than 0.30. These 3 items were removed from the test and the achievement test was prepared with 21 items. The reliability is 0.78.

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