The Urgency of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Base on Development of Biology Assessment Instruments for Class XI Students of SMA/MA

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Development of Biological Assessment Instruments; Higher Order Thinking Skills; critical thinking; problem solving; students

Abstract

A curriculum, or educational program, produces high quality education. The 2013 curriculum, which places a strong emphasis on students’ reasoning skills and uses assessment as a yardstick for curricular achievement, is the one that is now being used in Indonesia. In essence, an evaluation makes use of a test as an instrument, including written, oral, and action tests. The test is used to gauge how well pupils are learning by giving them a variety of questions to respond to. In order to meet the learning objectives, the test’s instrument should include questions that call for critical thinking abilities like reasoning. The major goal of this study was to evaluate the need for creating biology test questions for class XI SMA/MA students that were based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). Observations at SMAN 8 Padang, SMAN 2 Padang, and SMA Pembangunan Laboratory UNP revealed that the cognitive level is still low, namely at C1, C2, and C3, as evidenced by daily assessment questions (PH) on animal tissue material, digestive system material, and plant tissue material. The cognitive level for reasoning abilities is C4. As reasoning, critical thinking, and problem solving are all considered to be higher-order thinking skills, this shows that the question has not been able to motivate pupils to have some good skills. According to the results of the observations, it is crucial to create HOTS-based biology test questions for students in class XI in order to enhance students’ critical thinking abilities in locating concepts and information to meet biology learning objectives.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sa’diatul Fuadiyah
AU  - Ganda Hijrah Selaras
AU  - Defrian Melta
AU  - Dini Rahmi
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/22
TI  - The Urgency of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Base on Development of Biology Assessment Instruments for Class XI Students of SMA/MA
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Biology, Science and Education (IcoBioSE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 3
EP  - 8
SN  - 2468-5747
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-166-1_2
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-166-1_2
ID  - Fuadiyah2023
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