TABLE 3.
Shannon evenness indices for most frequently used prompt wordsa
| A | Remember | Understand | Apply | Analyze | Evaluate | Create | n | J′ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Which | 85 | 91 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 197 | 0.66 |
| What | 55 | 62 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 163 | 0.85 |
| Describe | 30 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 0.66 |
| How | 9 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0.66 |
| Explain | 6 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 0.58 |
| B | Remember | Understand | Apply | Analyze | Evaluate | Create | n | J′ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Describe | 30 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 0.66 |
| Explain | 6 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 0.58 |
| Name | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Draw | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0.62 |
| Identify | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.58 |
a
Prompt words were recorded for each assessment item, along with the coded type of cognitive process. J′ was used to determine the evenness of each prompt word among the six cognitive processes. J′ values are reported for the five most frequent prompt words (A) and the five most frequent action verbs (B).