scholarly journals Effect of Combined Teaching Strategies on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) of Biology Students

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 312-319
Author(s):  
Nasir Mehmood ◽  
Muhammad Anwer ◽  
Ahmed Tatlah
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Low Achievers ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Text Book ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Biology Students ◽  
Hands On

In this age of globalization, learning priorities of the learners have been under dramatic changes and teachers have to develop combination of such strategies which can engage the learners of the 21st century. The objectives of this study were to examine the effect of combined teaching strategies on low and high achievers higher order thinking skills in biology at secondary level, conducted in a public school of Punjab province. The researcher used the combined teaching strategies which comprised of KWLH charts, hands on activities, multimedia integration and cooperative learning to cover the contents from 10th grade text book of Biology, for a period of 8 weeks. In this experimental research posttest only, design was adopted. The HOTS of biology students were assessed through 50 multiple choice items. After the intervention, experimental group exhibited promotion in HOTS of the biology students as compared to their counterparts. The results of t-test showed that these combined teaching strategies not only promote the HOTS of high achievers but were effective for the low achievers as well.

scholarly journals RQA integrated with ADI: Empowering biology students’ ability in posing higher-order thinking skills questions

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Astuti Muh Amin ◽  
Duran Corebima Aloysius ◽  
Siti Zubaidah ◽  
Susriyati Mahanal
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Biology Students ◽  
South Sulawesi

Questions serve as an element that can be used to access and stimulate students’ thinking ability. This research aimed at analyzing the students’ ability to pose Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) questions during the learning process. This research was a survey research using a descriptive quantitative approach. The samples used in the research were biology education students of UIN Alauddin Makassar and Universitas Muslim Maros, South Sulawesi with the total of 92 students. The instrument used in this research was an observation sheet of questioning skills for the biology pre-service teachers. The results of this research showed that the implementations of RQA, ADI, and RQA integrated with ADI learning strategies were dominated with HOTS questions, while the learning using the conventional learning strategy was dominated with the Lower-Order Thinking Skills (LOTS) questions. The percentages of the HOTS questions in the learning using RQA, ADI, RQA integrated with ADI, and the conventional learning strategy were 60.53%, 55.71%, 64.91%, and 19.35% respectively.  This finding indicates that the RQA integrated with ADI strategy contributes the significant impact in stimulating students’ ability in posing HOTS questions in the classroom.

scholarly journals ENHANCING STUDENTS’ HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS IN SCIENCE THROUGH INSTAD STRATEGY

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1046-1055
Author(s):  
Baskoro Adi Prayitno ◽  
Suciati Suciati ◽  
Eni Titikusumawati
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Intact Group ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Equivalent Control

This research aimed to examine the effectiveness of the INSTAD strategy in comparison to other teaching strategies such as Inquiry, student team’s achievement division (STAD), and lecture method, to reduce the gap of higher order thinking skills between Upper Academic (UA) and Lower Academic (LA) groups of students.The research partipants were 136 7th grade students in total, which consisted of two groups of 36 UA and 36 LA students. The students were selected through a stratified random sampling from 27 Public Junior High Schools in Surakarta, Indonesia. The treatment classes were determined through an intact group. The research design employed pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group of quasi experiment. The higher order thinking skills were measured by essay test sheet as an instrument. Data were analysed by utilizing ANCOVA with the pre-test score as the covariate. The findings revealed that INSTAD have optimally improved higher order thinking skills in comparison with the Inquiry, STAD, and lecture method. INSTAD's were proven able to reduce the gap of higher order thinking skills between UA and LA students rather than Inquiry, STAD, and lecture method as teaching strategies. Keywords: higher order thinking skills, inquiry-based learning, student team’s achievement division, INSTAD strategy.

Issue-Oriented Science: Using Socioscientific Issues to Engage Biology Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 74 (8) ◽  
pp. 551-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Lenz ◽  
Maia K. Willcox
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
College Level ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Biology Students ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Rapid Pace

In today’s global society, with science and technology advancing at a rapid pace, issues about biological topics are common. A typical standards-based high school or general college-level biology classroom naturally lends itself to teaching issue-oriented science. In an issue-oriented classroom, students analyze and discuss personal, societal, and global issues that require an application of relevant scientific evidence. Learning in the context of issues can help engage students in higher-order thinking skills that will help them to become the scientifically literate citizens needed in the current global community.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Strategies to Implement Higher-Order Thinking Skills in English Instruction

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Christian Bernard Nichols Djami ◽  
Paulus Kuswandono
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
High School English ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills

<p class="AbstractText">This study investigated English teachers’ strategies to implement HOTS (Higher-Order Thinking Skills) during the learning process. To prepare students for education 4.0, Indonesian government has mandated that HOTS are taught in every level of education. The research aimed to discover how English teachers implemented HOTS in their teaching strategies. HOTS are promoted in the 2013 curriculum in which English teachers should develop their strategies to implement these skills through student-centered learning instead of teacher-centered learning that may be a common phenomenon for teachers in Indonesia. The participants of the study were fifteen senior high school English teachers in Salatiga, and five of whom were interviewed and observed. The data were obtained through questionnaire, interview, and observation. The data analysis involved counting the percentage for the questionnaire and reading collected transcripts from the interviews and the observation notes. The data analysis was processed using descriptive statistics for the questionnaire and coding for eliciting the transcripts and observation notes. The results of the study showed that the effective teaching strategies in using HOTS were asking open-ended questions and encouraging students to give their critical opinion, while also acting as a facilitator.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p>

Improving Student’s Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Solving Pythagoras Theorem Problems through Digital Learning Module

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 653-657
Author(s):  
Mohd Faizal Nizam Lee Abdullah Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Text Book ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Module ◽  
Pythagoras Theorem ◽  
Experimental Group

The aim of this study is to improve student’s higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) in solving Pythagoras theorem problems through digital learning module. The digital learning module involved in this study is the i-Think module (Mi-T1). This study employed the quasi experimental design with pre and post-test applied to both, control and experimental groups. The control and experimental groups consisted of the same number of Form One (aged between 12 and 13 years old) student that about 30 students each, with the control group had 14 females and 16 males, whereas the experimental group had 15 males and 15 females. Learning activities were carried out according to the teacher’s time-table and were completed in 5 weeks, approximately 10 hours per group, whereby the control group used the official text book (provided by the Ministry of Education for all students to be used in school) and the experimental group utilized Mi-T1. In addition, a survey was administered to the experimental group to measure the participants’ perceived usefulness of digital learning module. The analysis of independent sample t-test showed that the experimental group had significantly improved in their higher-order thinking skills compared to the control group. The survey data also indicated that the participants in the experimental group perceived the usefulness of the digital learning module to be equally high. Premised on these findings, the digital learning module, Mi-T1 can be used to improve students’ higher-order thinking skills in solving Pythagoras Theoremproblems.

scholarly journals The Application of Group Investigation Based on Hands on Activities to Improve Learning Outcomes Based on Higher Order Thinking Skills of Students at SMA Negeri 2 Pematangsiantar

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-359
Author(s):  
Rosmaulina Adelina Ambarita ◽  
Yunastiti Yunastiti ◽  
Mintasih Indriayu
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Hands On

The 2013 curriculum currently implemented in Indonesia is one of government attention to the educational world. One of the objectives of the curriculum implementation is the application of learning that is able to improve students' thinking skills which is generally called as higher order thinking skills (HOTS). However, conventional learning that is commonly implemented in Indonesia has not been able to meet the educational objectives. To solve these problems, a relevant learning model is required to improve students learning outcomes based on higher order thinking skills (HOTS). One of the appropriate learning models to solve this issue is the hands on activities investigation group learning model. This model is a learning model with a learning concept in which students are required to play a very active role in building their own knowledge through experiences encountered in groups that will be able to improve student learning outcomes based on higher order thinking skills. This article aimed to explain the ability of group investigation learning model based on hands activities in improving students learning outcomes based on higher order thinking skills. This research was quantitative research with experimental methods. The sample of this study was class X pis student of SMA Negeri 2 Pematangsiantar.  The results showed that group investigation learning model based on hands on activities was able to improve learning outcomes based on higher order thinking skills of students at SMA Negeri 2 Pematangsiantar.

திருக்குறள் கற்றலின் வழி படிவம் 2 மாணவர்களின் உயர்நிலைச் சிந்தனைத் திறனை மேம்படுத்துதல் [THIRUKKURAL KADRALIN VALI PADIVAM 2 MAANAVARKALIN UYARNILAIC SINTANAIT THIRANAI MEEMPADUTTUYAL] (IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF HOTS (HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS) OF FORM 2 STUDENTS BY LEARNING THIRUKKURAL)

2019 ◽  
pp. 96-110
Author(s):  
Renita Prera Winsen
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Data Collections

பேராக் மாநிலத்தில் தைப்பிங் மாவட்டத்தில் அமைந்துள்ள ஓர் இடைநிலைப்பள்ளியில் திருக்குறள் கற்றலின் வழி படிவம் 2 மாணவர்களின் உயர்நிலைச் சிந்தனைத் திறனை மேம்படுத்தும் முயற்சியில் ஆய்வு மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டது. தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட 10 மாணவர்கள் இந்த ஆய்வில் உட்படுத்தப்பட்டனர். திருக்குறளில் மாணவர்களின் ஆளுமையைக் கண்டறிய அந்த இடைநிலைப்பள்ளியின் தமிழாசிரியரிடம் நேர்காணல் நடத்தப்பட்டது. மாணவர்களின் உயர்நிலைச் சிந்தனைத் திறனை மேம்படுத்த படிவம் 1 மற்றும் படிவம் 2-இல் வரையறுக்கப்பட்ட ஆறு திருக்குறள்கள் தேர்தெடுக்கப்பட்டன. தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட திருக்குறள்கள் யாவும் சீரமைக்கப்பட்ட புளூமின் அறிவுசார் முறைப்பாட்டியலின் துணைக்கொண்டு பலதரப்பட கேள்விகள் தயாரிக்கப்பட்டது. ஆறு வாரத் திருக்குறள் வகுப்பிற்குப் பின் இக்கேள்விகள் யாவும் மாணவர்களுக்கு வழங்கப்பட்டன. கேள்விக்கான பதில்களிலிருந்து மாணவர்களின் உயர்நிலைச் சிந்தனைத் திறனில் ஏற்பட்ட மாற்றங்கள் கண்டறியப்பட்டது. ஆய்வின் முடிவாக, முறையான திருக்குறள் கற்றலின் வழி மாணவர்களின் உயர்நிலைச் சிந்தனைத் திறனை மேம்படுத்த முடியும் என்பது உறுதிச் செய்யப்பட்டது. (This study has been conducted with the purpose of improving the level of HOTS (Higher order thinking skills) of Form 2 students through learning Thirukkural. For this study, the Thirukkural, a well-known literary work of Tamil Language was taken. Thus, this research was carried out in a secondary school which is located at Taiping, Perak. The research was carried out under the design of action research. The sample of this study consisted of ten Form 2 students. Besides that, a teacher also interviewed in order to know the students' personality in learning Thirukkural. In this research, the learning process of Thirukkural approach was implemented for 6 weeks. There are 6 couplets of Thirukkural selected according to the syllabus of Form 1 and Form 2. This six couplets of Thirukkural used to test the level of HOTS. The questions were created based on Thirukkural, according to Revised Bloom's Taxonomy. The data of the study was collected through pre-test, the questions asked in Thirukkural classes and post-test via qualitative and quantitative data collection tools. The findings obtained through qualitative and quantitative data collections showed that the level of HOTS through learning Thirukkural among Form 2 students has improved.)

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