The Level of Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Basic Physics Practicum

Abstract

Higher Thinking Order Skills (HOTS) are important to be applied in learning, especially in practical activities in the laboratory. This study aims to produce a QR-Code-based Basic Physics practicum module with the HOTS stage. This study uses the research and development (R&D) model of Walter Dick and Lou Carrey with the limitation of stages, namely the feasibility test of the practicum module. Due to the regulation of the pandemic, the user trial phase was not carried out. The results of this study have obtained a set of practicum modules with stages of activities that support the formation of HOTS in Physics education students. HOTS is trained to cover the abilities of 1) creative thinking, 2) critical thinking, 3) observing, 4) logical thinking, 5) experimental investigation, 6) classifying data, 7) comparing relationships between variables, 8) inductive reasoning, 9) deductive reasoning, 10) systems analysis and 11) conceptualization of data. The feasibility of the material is 89.33%, the feasibility of the media is 92.92% and the feasibility of learning is 93.95%. The validation results show that the practicum module product produced is declared feasible to be used in training students’ HOTS in the Basic Physics practicum.