The Level of Difficulty of the Midterm Assessment of the Chemical Bonding Course in Chemistry Education, Uin Antasari

Abstract

To determine the success of an educational program, an evaluation is required. The process of compiling questions in the chemistry education study program at UIN Antasari has not paid much attention to the level of difficulty of the questions. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of difficulty of the  Midterm Assessment of  the Chemical Bonding course in  Chemistry Education, UIN (State Islamic University) Antasari in  the Odd Semester of the 2021/2022 Academic Year. This study uses a quantitative descriptive method. The analysis in this study is carried out quantitatively by calculating data based on a formula, then the results of the data obtained are described descriptively. The data collection techniques and tools used in this study are interviews and documentations  in the form of grids, questions, answer keys, and answer sheets.This test has 9 questions given to  12 students.  The results of this study are that there are  6 questions (66.7%) in the moderate category and 3 questions (33.3%) in the easy category and no questions  in the difficult category (0%) so that it can be said that these questions have  good quality.   Questions with good quality can be stored in the question bank to be reused in future evaluation activities, while questions that are not good quality must be discarded or changed.