Abstract:

In this study, the aim is to determine their levels by examining the exam questions prepared for the Geography ÖABT (Teaching Field Knowledge Test) included in the KPSS according to the Updated Bloom Taksonomy. It consists of updated taxonomy, information and cognitive process dimensions. In the information size; the factual, conceptual, processual, top-cognitive information stages, the dimension of the cognitive process; the stages of memory, understanding, application, analysis, evaluation and creation. The research data consists of questions that the 2013-2018 educational years have also been published on its own website by ÖSYM. In the study of the questions according to the updated Bloom taxonomy, the content analysis method was used. The research data is obtained by a document review, which is one of the quality research methods. When the questions in the KPSS for Geography Teaching in the years 2013-2018 are studied according to the information size and the size of the cognitive process of the renewed Bloom taxonomy, the majority of the questions are the "memory" part (110 questions) and the "understanding" part (99 questions), which are the lowest stages of the cognitive process size. However, there is no question about the size of the cognitive process of Application, Analysis, Evaluation and Creation, but there is no question about the size of the top cognitive information.

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