ABSTRACT

Abstract

This study examined types of comprehension questions used in pupils’ textbooks. Literature was reviewed extensively on type of questions weighing the advantages and disadvantages of objectives and essay questions, purpose of asking questions and specifically narrowed it down to comprehension questions which are lower order, higher order, grammatical and literary questions to answer the four research questions raised and used Cognitivism as its theoretical base. Four research instruments were employed, namely, textbooks, WhatsApp message, excerpts from journals and chief examiners’ reports to get secondary data. The study presented the data in a table and bar chart and used simple percentage and thematic analysis for data analyses. Findings showed that ambiguous questions are set and lop-sidedness in the types of questions set. Clear-cut questions and equal distribution of question types were recommended.

Keywords: comprehension questions, lower order, higher order, objective, essay.