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Title: Levels of Cognitive Activity Required to Answer POM Test Bank Multiple Choice Questions

Authors: William R. Sherrard; David R. Hampton

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Abstract: The ability to think critically is crucial in today's production and operations management (POM) competitive environment. To promote critical thinking POM instructors should ask questions which will require students to sharpen their thinking skills. One strategy is for instructors to push students to move beyond the rote memorization of facts to correctly answer examination questions. This research evaluates how well the author-supplied multiple choice test bank questions that accompany introductory textbooks in POM foster critical thinking. The study classifies a sample of author-supplied POM test bank questions according to the cognitive level (memorization vs. thinking) required to answer the questions correctly. The more these questions are used by POM instructors the more they determine the standards required of today's POM students.

Keywords: Cognitive activity; POM test bank; multiple choice questions; critical thinking; memorization.

DOI: 10.1504/JBM.1998.141043

Journal of Business and Management, 1998 Vol.5 No.2, pp.38 - 49

Published online: 05 Sep 2024 *