Content Analysis of Cognitive Domain in Reading Test of Senior High School English Textbook

Abstract

The aims of this research was to find out kinds of cognitive domain based on Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy in reading test for Senior High School and found the distribution of the higher and lower order thinking skill in reading tests. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The data of this research were the reading tests in the Pathway to English Textbook for grade X Senior High School with 2013 Curriculum published by Erlangga. After analyzed the data, the result of this study was the reading tests in the textbook covered all of the cognitive domains, they were remembering level was 30,30 %, understanding level was 56,81 %, applying level was 1,51 %, analyzing level was 7,57 %, evaluating level was 1,51 % and creating level was 2,27 %. The distribution of low order thinking which consisted of remembering, understanding and applying consist of 117 tests (88,63 %) and the distribution of high order thinking skill which consisted of analyzing, evaluating and creating consist of 15 tests (11,36 %). It was concluded that there was imbalance number in the distribution of high and low thinking skill in reading tests in the Pathway to English Textbook for grade X Senior High School.