The Development of questions about High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) on Exponent
M. Zaki (a*), Rizki Amalia (b*), Sofiyan (c*)
Universitas Samudra
Abstract
Based on the results of the preliminary study in junior high school, it was found that there was no development of a test that developed students high-order thinking skills (HOTS). This study aims to develop HOTS-based test questions proposed by Bloom revision which includes C4 (analyzing), C5 (evaluating) and C6 (creating). This study aims to produce HOTS math tests on exponents that are valid and practical. This research is development research (R & D) with a development model based on Tessmer which consists of two stages, namely the preliminary and stage formative evaluations. The trial of the question was held in class IX of SMP Negeri 5 Langsa. The instruments of data collection include question grids, question sheets, validation sheets, and questionnaire sheets. The results of the development of HOTS questions are a set of questions consisting of grids and HOTS questions with 10 questions in the form of descriptions that valid and practical criteria. The set of questions is declared valid with an average score criterion of 85% in a very valid category and declared practical with a score criterion of 80% in a very practical category. The HOTS problem developed also had a good potential effect on students high-level thinking abilities with an average score of 64,2 which showed students high-level thinking skills in good categories.
Keywords: high order thinking skills, Exponent
Topic: Mathematics Education