# How Effective is GPT-4 Turbo in Generating School-Level Questions from Textbooks Based on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy?

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.15211 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2406.15211/

## Key facts

- Cited by 8 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 4 of its 25 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 21 Jun 2024.

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## Abstract (arXiv)

We evaluate the effectiveness of GPT-4 Turbo in generating educational questions from NCERT textbooks in zero-shot mode. Our study highlights GPT-4 Turbo's ability to generate questions that require higher-order thinking skills, especially at the "understanding" level according to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. While we find a notable consistency between questions generated by GPT-4 Turbo and those assessed by humans in terms of complexity, there are occasional differences. Our evaluation also uncovers variations in how humans and machines evaluate question quality, with a trend inversely related to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy levels. These findings suggest that while GPT-4 Turbo is a promising tool for educational question generation, its efficacy varies across different cognitive levels, indicating a need for further refinement to fully meet educational standards.