Mukhlis, Muhammad and Suwandi, Sarwiji and Rohmadi, Muhammad and Setiawan, Budhi (2023) Higher Order Thinking Skills in Reading Literacy Questions at Vocational High Schools in Indonesia. IJoLE: International Journal of Language Education, 7 (4). pp. 615-632. ISSN 2548-8457
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Abstract
This research was encouraged by the demand for every student to possess higher order thinking skills (HOTS). This ability can be assessed when the question instruments require high-level thinking skills. Hence, the present study aimed to analyze the fulfilment and percentage of high-level thinking skill indicators in reading literacy questions at Vocational High Schools (SMK) in Pekanbaru City. The research was qualitative and employed a content analysis methodology. Data were collected using documentation techniques involving reading literacy instruments obtained from teachers in vocational high schools throughout Pekanbaru city. The development of HOTS-based reading literacy questions was expected to reflect students' reading literacy abilities. The findings indicated that the reading literacy questions developed by teachers were predominantly not HOTS-based. However, some questions exhibited HOTS characteristics, such as critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving. Based on Aiken’s test conducted by experts on the three teacher-created instruments, it was concluded that over 50% of the questions were not valid. This conclusion was further reinforced by interviews with teachers who encountered challenges in designing reading literacy questions, including difficulty determining operational verbs and a lack of knowledge in developing reading literacy questions, creating HOTS-based questions, and composing answer choices relevant to the provided rules.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | HOTS; reading literacy questions; vocational high school |
Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
Divisions: | > Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia |
Depositing User: | Mia |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2025 04:06 |
Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2025 04:06 |
URI: | http://repository.uir.ac.id/id/eprint/24321 |
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