Developing Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) Questions on Chemical Bonding in Senior High School

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• Volume 7,Issue 2, March 2019

Year:

2019

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Higher Order Thinking Skill, Wondershare Quiz Creator, Chemical Bonding

Authors:

Risty Maifajir; Ibnu Khaldun; Ilham Maulana

Journal:

IJISM

Volume:

7

Number:

2

Pages:

117-125

Month:

March

ISSN:

2347-9051

Abstract:

This research aimed to develop and understand the quality of questions with HOTS and responses given by teachers and students on chemical bonding material. The method used is research and development R & D with Borg & Gall model. The sample was 83 students selected using random sampling technique. Data were collected by conducting written test and distributing questionnaire. The results showed that 17 questions (85%) were valid, 3 questions (15%) were invalid. Besides that, the highest reliability reached 0.848 as very high category. Index of difficulty represented the easiest questions as much as 5%, 80% questions were grouped into middle level for difficulty, and the most difficult questions presented by 15%. Moreover, distinguishing power was good with percentage of 80%, and it was accompanied with tricky power as much as 91.25% run well, where as 8.75% was not. Both responses from teachers and students with very good category were 90.33 and 82.73%, respectively. Therefore, it can be concluded that the developing questions were feasible to use as students self-learning in order to train their HOTS.

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