“…The result of the finding was in agreement with the study, both national and international (Ibrahim, Ayub, Yunus, Mahmud & Bakar, 2019;Uwaezuoke & Ekwueme, 2015;Nepal, 2017). However, this result was not consistent with the results of previous studies (Owi, Azhar, Mazlini & Ang, 2017;Yee, Md Yunos, Othman, Hassan, Tee & Mohamad, 2015;Saido et al, 2015) that indicated differences in performance score after using HOTS module. Two interpretations could explain this inconsistent result; the first interpretation is that the teaching approach using HOTS based Module is still new in Malaysia, especially for those students in a rural area.…”