Developing MCQs aligning with educational objectives of Bloom Taxonomy

1. Developing 20 MCQs Alligned with
Educational Objectives of Bloom
Taxonomy
Presented By: Hassan Arslan Khalid
STED AIOU

2. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
 According to Clegg and Cashin (1986),
 Three elements that are:
 Item Stem
 Correct Answer
 Distractors
For Example:
The founder of Pakistan is _____? Item
Stem
a) Quaid-i-Azam Correct Answer
b) Allama Iqbal
c) Liaqat Ali Khan Distractors
d) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

3. Rules for writing MCQs
 Balance the key
 Avoid the use of “None of above”
 Avoid complex multiple choice items
 Keep the length of responses options fairly
consistent
 Avoid grammatical clues
 Avoid use of humor when developing options
 Avoid using negative phrasing
 Keep the stem specific and simple
 Use plausible distractors
 Limit the number of options
(Haladyna & Downing,1989)

4. Bloom Taxonomy (1956)
 According to Bloom there are three main domains of
learning
 Cognitive
 Affective
 Psychomotor
 Each domain has different levels of learning.
 Let’s see an overview of all these domains

5. Cognitive Domain
Common terms,
methods, principles
etc.
Facts,
principles,
translation etc.
Concepts, principles,
laws, theories etc.
Recognize fallacies,
distinguish b/w facts &
inferences, relevance data
evaluation
Propose plan, formulation
new scheme, organized
theme etc.
Judgement value of
product, consistency,
adequacy etc.

6. Affective Domain

7. Psychomotor Domain

8. A test of 20 MCQs of Subject English for
Grade 5
1. Identify the proper noun. (Knowledge)
a) Mountain b) Ocean
c) Punjab d) Building
2. ___________ are apples. (Knowledge)
a) They b) That
c) Those d) This

9. Conti…
3. A word that rhymes with mountain is:
(Knowledge)
a) Fountain b) Hills
c) Mention d) Fortune
4. We ________ to school daily.
(Comprehension)
a) goes b) go
c) gone d) going

10. Conti…
Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the given
questions.
“My cousin loves to grow plants. He grows vegetables and fruits. He
takes good care of plants. Last week, he gave me some green bean
seeds. I brought those seed in home and showed to my mother. She
helped me to plant the seeds.”
5. What was the boy given by his cousin? (Comprehension)
a) Some green beans b) Plants of green
beans
c) Green bean seeds d) Green beans stems
6. The boy’s ____ helped him in gardening. (Comprehension)
a) Friend b) Cousin
c) Father d) Mother
7. According to you which is suitable title for the above
paragraph? (Evaluation)
a) A bean field b) My bean plants
c) Flowers and fruits d) Planting vegetables

11. Conti…
8. Tomato is similar with an apple. In which condition?
(Analysis)
a) Shape b) Color
c) Smell d) Taste
9. Samina was studying in library.
The correct question for above statement is:
(Synthesis)
a) How often did you see Samina?
b) What was Samina doing in library?
c) Why did you see Samina in library?
d) When did you see Samina in library?

12. Conti…
10. The sentence with correct punctuation is:
(Analysis)
a) She has red black and blue pencils.
b) She has red, black and blue pencils,
c) She has red, black and blue, pencils.
d) She has red, black and blue pencils.
11. In which word the sound of “k” is silent?
(Comprehension)
a) Kid b) Kettle
c) Know d) Kite

13. Conti…
12. I _____ come tomorrow. (Application)
a) Shall b) Was
c) Is d) Are
13. I saw a big brown _____ in zoo. (Knowledge)
a) Bere b) Bare
c) Bear d) Beir
14. The teacher _______ to the students politely.
(Application)
a) spoke b) speaking
c) spoken d) speak

14. Conti…
15. A word that rhymes with mountain is:
(Knowledge)
a) Fountain b) Hills
c) Mention d) Fortune
16. Which of the given options can be used to
make a compound word that starts with “tea”.
(Comprehension)
a) Serve b) Plant
c) pot d) hot

15. Conti…
17. Choose the correct digraph to complete the
word “____ark” (Application)
a) Sh b) Ph
c) Bt d) Eh
18. What is your favorite game? (Analysis)
The sentence given above is:
a) declarative b) interrogative
c) imperative d) exclamatory

16. Conti…
19. Ahmad and Ali ________ preparing for the
examination. (Comprehension)
a) Was b) Are
c) Is d) Am
20. He is ____ honest and hardworking boy.
(Comprehension)
a) a b) the
c) an d) any

17. Conclusion
 It can be concluded that test construction requires
knowledge of the course on which an examination
syllabus is based. There should be an agreement
between the learning outcome objectives and the
testing technique used to assess a learning
objective.
 The taxonomy used should be determined by the
nature of learning outcome. Not all learning
outcomes are observed by only pencil and paper but
in the psychomotor and affective domain they can be
observed by observations and recorded for the long
time. Performance tasks can also be observed by
observations.

18. References
 APA Citation: Forehand, M. (2005). Bloom's taxonomy:
Original and revised.. In M. Orey (Ed.), Emerging
perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology.
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http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/
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19. Thank You…..
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