‘정치’ 문항을 어떻게 개발하는 것이 좋을까?: EBS 직접 연계 이전과 이후 수능 문항 비교를 통하여

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine how the CSAT Politics questions have changed after the CSAT-EBS direct linkage policy and to find out implications for developing future Politics questions. For this purpose, the CSAT Politics questions before the CSAT-EBS direct linkage (2008～2010) and after the linkage (2011～2013) were analyzed. Based on the analysis, the distributional changes in the types of the questions and the characteristics of the questions were examined. The results are as follows: first, the proportion of ‘knowledge-oriented questions’ increased and that of ‘synthesis questions’ decreased after the direct linkage. Second, the focus and topic of ‘synthesis questions’ became less diverse. Third, ‘the skill and thinking-oriented questions’ were mostly on drawing conclusions or analyzing data rather than on stimulating diverse thinking. Fourth, the questions both with abstract materials and abstract option items grew in number, while those with specific materials and abstract options diminished. Based on these results, the following suggestions are presented to improve the Politics questions in the future. First, it needs to be ensured that questions are not excessively concentrated on one of the three types (‘knowledge-oriented,’ ‘skill and thinking-oriented,’ or ‘synthesis questions’) in proportion. Second, it is necessary to give variety to the focus and topics of questions when expanding ‘skill and thinking-oriented questions’ and ‘synthesis questions.’ Third, it is required to diversify the combinations of materials and option items based on their abstraction and specificity. In addition, it is necessary to reflect more deeply on the impact of CSAT-EBS direct linkage policy based on the analysis of the questions of other social studies subjects such as Society & Culture in the future.