ASSESSING THE COGNITIVE LEVELS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ESSAY EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND THE IMPLICATION ON SANDWICH STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT.

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This study assessed the cognitive levels of English Language essay
examination questions and the implication on sandwich students’
achievement. Four research questions were developed, and a
descriptive analysis design adopted for the study. Anchored on the
Cognitive Domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy, 79 sandwich students, of
2023/2024 academic session, were purposively selected from
Contacts 3, 4 and 5 out of a population of 131 from Joseph Tarka
Sarwuan University, Makurdi, Nigeria. The instruments for data
collection were six essay questions purposively selected based on the
six cognitive levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy and past essay questions
in English Language from the 2017/2018 to 2023/2024 academic
sessions. Findings revealed, among others, that essay examination
questions in English Language for sandwich students cut across the
six cognitive levels but were predominant at the Knowledge level
followed by Comprehension and least at the Synthesis level. The
study concluded that cognitive levels of essay questions have direct
impact on sandwich students’ academic achievement.