Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Prospective Physics Teacher

Abstract

The rules regarding the assessment carried out by teachers have been refined to match the demands of 21st-century learning, the aspect that has been improved is the cognitive aspect, specifically in the assessment of Higher Order Thinking Skills. However, prospective teachers and even teachers still have difficulty implementing this assessment. The purpose of this study was to determine the profile of the ability of prospective physics teacher students in solving Higher Order Thinking Skills questions as an initial description in identifying problems that occur. This research was a descriptive study to determine the profile of postgraduate students at Makassar State University, South Sulawesi. The research data was obtained through test technique. These questions consist of 40 sets of items, with indicators of analyzing, evaluating, and creating. It has been developed by researchers and validated by experts. The percentage of the score obtained is 68, 79, and 55% for indicators of analyzing, evaluating, and creating respectively. Therefore, Prospective physics teachers can still be said to be unsatisfactory in solving Higher Order Thinking Skills questions.

Instrumen Tes Higher Order Thinking Skills Materi Kesetimbangan Benda Tegar

“…Pembelajaran fisika di sekolah menengah (SMA/MA) secara umum memiliki tujuan untuk melatih siswa menguasai pengetahuan, konsep dan prinsip fisika, memiliki keterampilan dalam proses sains, memiliki kecakapan ilmiah, serta memiliki keterampilan berpikir kritis dan kreatif. Dalam mencapai tujuan tersebut, para siswa harus memiliki salah satunya kemampuan berpikir tingkat tinggi (higher order thinking skills, HOTS) (Rahmawati et al, 2023;Arafah et al, 2022).…”