scholarly journals TEACHERS' UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICES IN ASSESSING HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS AT PRIMARY SCHOOLS

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-118
Author(s):  
Elin Driana ◽  
Ernawati Ernawati
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills

The aim of this research was to explore primary school teachers’ understanding about higher order thinking skills (HOTS), its implementation in classroom assessments, and the quality of the HOTS assessment instrument constructed by the teachers. This qualitative research that was conducted from August to December 2018 involved 10 public and private primary school teachers in Jakarta and it is surrounding areas. Data about the teachers’ understanding of HOTS and how teachers applied the assessment of HOTS were obtained through semi-structured interviews. Meanwhile, the quality of the HOTS assessment instrument constructed by the teachers was analyzed to assess its alignment with basic competencies which have become the purpose of learning and the revised Bloom’s taxonomy to determine the level of cognitive process in each item. The research results showed that the primary school teachers that participated in this research have not had a comprehensive understanding of HOTS. The majority of the HOTS items that they made were still limited to analysis in the form of multiple choice items. There were also misunderstandings about the HOTS items. In general, the HOTS instrument constructed by the primary school teachers had good content validity, but there was a difference regarding the cognitive process involved in the items the between the perception of the teachers and the perception of the expert. Teachers had the tendency to perceive the items that they have made as HOTS items, although those items were categorized as remembering and understanding. This difference in perception occurred because the teachers did not have a comprehensive understanding of HOTS yet.

scholarly journals Mapping Higher Order Thinking Skills of Prospective Primary School Teachers in Facing Society 5.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Dini Ramadhani ◽  
Ary Kiswanto Kenedi ◽  
Yullys Helsa ◽  
Ciptro Handrianto ◽  
Muhammad Rizki Wardana
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills

Exploring Primary School Teachers' Language of Thinking: A Case Study (Bahasa Berfikir Guru Sekolah Rendah: Satu Kajian Kes)

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-295
Author(s):  
Wan Mazwati Wan Yusoff ◽  
Shamilati Che Seman ◽  
Rahimah Embong
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The aspiration of Malaysian education system as mentioned in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 is to produce students who are highly critical and creative.  Since teaching for higher order thinking was made explicit since 1989, a systematic evaluation of the adequacy and pitfalls of teaching for thinking programs was not done extensively.  If examination result is the yard stick to measure the impact of teaching for thinking, then it can be concluded that 2016 UPSR result painted a dismal picture of failure in teaching for thinking.  Studies showed that there is a positive correlation between language teacher used to communicate in the classroom and the development of thinking dispositions among students.  Using the framework of language of thinking put forward by Costa and Marzano (2001), this study was conducted to explore language of thinking used by teachers during teaching and learning sessions in several primary school classrooms.  This preliminary study attempted to gain in-depth understanding of the phenomenon in the actual setting so that the insight can illustrate a wider picture of the issue.  This exploratory case study employed structured observations to collect data in the classroom of nine primary school teachers.  The data was analysed based on theoretical proposition by Costa and Marzano.  Findings revealed that teachers needed to improve their language of thinking.    Keywords: Thinking skills, language of thinking, teaching for thinking, higher order thinking.   Abstrak Aspirasi pendidikan Malaysia sebagaimana yang disebut dalam Pelan Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia 2013-2025 adalah untuk melahirkan pelajar yang berupaya berfikir secara kritis dan kreatif.  Semenjak kemahiran berfikir pada aras tinggi disebut secara eksplisit dalam kurikulum sekolah menengah dan rendah dari tahun 1989 lagi, satu penilaian yang sistematik terhadap kejayaan dan kelemahan pengajaran untuk kemahiran berfikir tidak dibuat secara meluas dan menyeluruh.  Jika keputusan peperiksaan dijadikan kayu ukur untuk mengukur keberkesanan pengajaran untuk berfikir, keputusan peperiksaan UPSR 2016 melukis gambaran kegagalan projek mengajar untuk kemahiran berfikir aras tinggi yang menyedihkan.  Kajian menunjukkan ada perkaitan positif antara Bahasa yang digunakan oleh guru ketika berkomunikasi dalam bilik darjah dengan perkembangan disposisi berfikir dikalangan pelajar.   Disposisi berfikir pula berkait langsung dengan tabiat berfikir dan kemahiran berfikir aras tinggi.  Kajian ini bertujuan untuk meneroka Bahasa berfikir yang digunakan oleh guru dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran di sekolah rendah.  Bahasa berfikir yang diterangkan oleh Costa dan Marzano (2001) digunakan sebagai kerangka teori kajian ini.  Kajian ini cuba untuk meneroka amalan berbahasa guru untuk memahami fenomena ini dalam situasi sebenar supaya hasilnya dapat memberi gambaran luas terhadap isu ini.  Kajian kes eksplorasi ini menggunakan pemerhatian secara berstruktur untuk mengumpul data.  Sembilan orang guru sekolah rendah terlibat dalam kajian ini.  Data telah dianalisis menggunakan toeri Bahasa berfikir Costa dan Marzano.  Dapatan kajian ini menunjukkan guru perlu menambahbaik Bahasa berfikir yang mereka gunakan semasa berkomunikasi dalam bilik darjah supaya aspirasi melahirkan pelajar berkemahiran berfikir aras tinggi dapat dicapai.    Kata Kunci: Kemahiran berfikir, bahasa berfikir, mengajar untuk berfikir, berfikir aras tinggi.

scholarly journals Challenges in Applying Higher Order Thinking Skills Assessment in the Teaching of Arabic in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moh. Ainin
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Skills Assessment ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Basic Competencies

One of the teachers’ responsibilities in the teaching and learning process is to conduct assessments. The main purpose of assessment is to understand students’ learning outcomes. Based on the outcomes, teachers can give feedback to improve the planning and the implementation of the teaching process and to determine the quality of the assessment instrument. The Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)-based assessment is urgently needed in schools to produce competitive graduates who have the critical thinking, communicative, collaborative, and creative skills. However, there are some challenges in the implementation of HOTS-based assessment, such as students’ low motivation and Arabic competence, ambiguous definitions of basic competencies in the curriculum, and lack of HOTS materials in textbooks. These challenges can be solved by making an acquisition-based learning of Arabic, reconstructing the descriptions of basic competence, and adapting HOTS-based assessment which is in line with the students’ ability. Keywords: challenges, HOTS, Arabic teaching, solutions

HIGHER ORDER THINKING TASK AND QUESTION APPLICATION IN THE WORLD COGNITION LESSONS IN PRIMARY FORMS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia Venskuvienė ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Thinking Ability ◽  
The World ◽  
Observation Method

Recently, one has become concerned about the quality of natural science and social education basics of the primary school students. Particular attention is devoted to the higher-order thinking ability education. In the qualitative research, it was analysed what higher order thinking questions and tasks primary school teachers apply in the world cognition lessons. Research data were gathered using a lesson observation method. The gathered data were analysed making a technical picture. Research results showed that primary school teachers proportionally applied lower and higher-order thinking questions and tasks. Keywords: world cognition lessons, higher order thinking abilities, primary education.

The personality and competences of primary-school teachers: a research study

2021 ◽  
Vol 3/2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Lucia Ludvigh Cintulová ◽  
Libuša Radková
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Educational Outcome ◽  
Central Importance ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Attitudes And Knowledge ◽  
Primary School Pupils ◽  
The Ideal

This article presents an investigation into how primary-school pupils imagine a good teacher and what characteristics of teachers they appreciate. The teacher’s personality is a quality of central importance to the teaching process. Teachers find themselves in many diverse situations and they cannot always remain the same. Each situation requires different qualities, attitudes and knowledge. In different situations, the teacher can achieve the same educational outcome in various ways, by using a range of methods. No teacher can be expected to have the ideal personality and cannot possibly have all the desired qualities, so some qualities compensate for the lack of others. However, the crucial aspects of a good teacher’s personality is authenticity, naturalness and positive relationship with pupils.

scholarly journals The Assessment Instrument of Mathematics Learning Outcomes Based on HOTS Toward Two-Dimensional Geometry Topic

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
I Gede Wahyu Suwela Antara ◽  
I Komang Sudarma ◽  
I.Ketut Dibia
Keyword(s):  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Mathematics Assessment ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
High Order Thinking Skill ◽  
Essay Test ◽  
High Order Thinking

This study aims to (1) developing a mathematics assessment instrument based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS); and describe the quality of the instrument. This study was a research and development study adapting 4D model from Thiagarajan. The model including the following steps : (1) define, (2) design, (3) develop, and (4) desseminate. Due to limited of time, this research was only carried out until the developing step.The result shows that the instrument that consists of 18 essay test item are valid and appropriate to be used. The instrumen’s reliability coefficients are 0.659 (High). The instrument has the average of item discrimination  0.44 (Very Good) and the average of item difficulty of the instrument are 0.584 (Medium). The conclusion is the assessment instrument is feasibel being as an assessment instrumen to measure the high order thinking skill toward two-dimentional geometry topic.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN MODEL PROBLEM SOLVING DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN HOT (HIGHER ORDER THINKING) SISWA SDN BANYU LANDAS

Vidya Karya ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Uyani
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Model Problem ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Student Activity

Abstract: This research relates to the implementation of Problem Solving model in Banyu Landas Elementary School. The research objective is to increase students’ Higher Order Thingking Skills (HOTS). The research was conducted by using classroom action research (CAR) method through 2 cycles. Ten six class students of SDN Banyu Landas were used as research subject. The data collection used obeservation sheets and HOT oriented achievement test. The data were qualitatively analyzed with percentage technique. The result of research stated that (1) students’ Higher Order Thingking Skills (HOTS) increased from analysis skills 77,85% in the first cycle up to  synthesys skills 86,58% in the end of second cycle (2) the quality of teacher’s activity increased  from 58,41% in the first cycle  up to 71,14% in the end of second cycle; (2) students’ activity incresed  from 68,39% in the first cycle  up to 70,10% in the end of second cycle.              Keywords: Higher Order Thinking Skills, teacher activity, student activity , Problem Solving. Abstrak: Penelitian ini berkenaan dengan penerapan model Problem Solving di SDN Banyu Landas. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir tingkt tinggi (Higher Order Thingking Skill/HOT) siswa. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan rancangan penelitian tindakan kelas dalam 2 siklus. Subyek penelitian adalah 10 orang siswa kelas VI SDN Banyu Landas. Pengumpulan data menggunakan lembar observasi dan tes hasil belajar berorientasi HOT. Data dianalisis secara kualitatif dengan teknik persentase. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) kemampuan berpikir tingkat tinggi (Higher Order Thingking Skill/HOT) peserta didik meningkat dari kemampuan analisis 77,85% pada awal siklus I menjadi kemampuan sintesis 86,58% pada akhir siklus II kualitas, (2) aktivitas guru meningkat dari 58,41% pada siklus 1 menjadi menjadi 71,14%  pada siklus 2; (2) aktivitas siswa meningkat dari 68,39% pada siklus 1 menjadi 70,10% pada siklus II. Kata kunci: HOT (Higher Order Thinking) skills, aktivitas guru, aktivitas siswa, Problem Solving

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