The Views of Field Experts in Determining the Mathematic Questions for Seventh Class Level Exam’s

The purpose of this study was to determine the level achieved in measuring the higher order thinking skills in 2008 seventh grade mathematic questions and the level of importance given to these higher order thinking skills, according to the views of field experts. The research group for this study consisted of 30 mathematics education experts at various universities in Turkey. Research data was provided via the “SBS exam seventh grade Identifying Higher Order Thinking Skills of Mathematics Scale” developed by Çevik (2009). The data was obtained by calculating the percentage and frequency integrated table. As a result of this research, examined by taking the percentage and frequency values of opinions above 50% into consideration, it was found that the mathematic questions in the 2008 SBS exam do not contain questions that measure higher order thinking skills. Also, the level of importance given to higher order thinking skills by experts in terms of 7th grade math acqusitions is very high. In structuring the questions for exams, carrying vital importance for students, opening the door to higher order thinking must be brought into the foreground