ANALYSIS OF EXAM QUESTION ITEM TERMS OF COGNITIVE ASPECT BASED ON REVISED BLOOM’S TAXONOMY FOR PHTSICS SUBJECTS IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS

Abstract

The aim of this research is to find out the relevance of the reviewed questions from the cognitive aspects of revised bloom’s taxonomy and characteristics of teacher-made questions based on the analysis of the difficulty index and discrimination index in the odd semester exam questions for physics subject of the academic year 2023/2024 at 4 Public High School in Medan. This research uses qualitative descriptive methods with data collection using documentation techniques. The analysis's results in SMAN 5 Medan indicate that the questions for the odd semester exam do not fully meet the appropriate proportion, which is 39,9% for C1 and C2, 59,9% for C3 and C4, and 0% for C5 and C6. The analysis's results in SMAN 7 Medan show that the questions for the odd semester exam also do not fully meet the appropriate proportion, which is 0% for C1 and C2, 86,67% for C3 and C4, and 13,34% for C5 and C6. The results in SMAN 8 Medan show that the exam questions do not fully meet the appropriate proportion, which is 20% for C1 and C2, 75% for C3 and C4, and 5% for C5 and C6. The results in SMAN 18 Medan indicate that the exam questions also do not fully meet the appropriate proportion, which is 46,6% for C1 and C2, 53,3% for C3 and C4, and 0% for C5 and C6. Meanwhile, the appropriate proportion of questions is 30% for C1 and C2, 40% for C3 and C4 and 30% for C5 and C6. The results of the analysis of the difficulty index in 4 public high schools in Medan are dominated by the medium category. Based on the results of the analysis of the differentung criteria of the 4 schools, it is dominated bye the bad category.