EVALUATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL THINKING AT ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY

Critical thinking is a rich concept that has been developing throughout the past 2500 years. The term "critical thinking" has its roots in the mid-late 20th century. The purpose of this review paper is to show the application of the taxonomy in educational testing in general and specifically in Islamic Azad University testing. Benjamin Bloom proposed six hierarchical and cumulative levels of testing to measure different levels of student learning. The measurement of the degree of learning acquired by a student is a difficult task. The university teacher must determine the appropriate level of learning to be obtained by the student in a course and must design instructional objectives accordingly. Then, the teacher should construct test questions to measure the level of learning achieved by the student. Bloom’s taxonomy model can be useful for both tasks.

Knowledge, Critical Thinking, Islamic Azad University