Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2021)

The Analysis of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTs) in the Test Questions Constructed by English Teachers

Authors
Siti Musliha*, Dadang Sudana, Yanty Wirza
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: sitimusliha@upi.edu
Corresponding Author
Siti Musliha
Available Online 21 November 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211119.095How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Bloom’s taxonomy framework; Higher Order Thinking skills (HOTs); teacher-made test questions
Abstract

The curriculum 2013 encourages the students’ Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTs). In this case, the teachers should try to meet the demands to achieve the curriculum 2013 goals. One of the effective ways to help the students to attain these thinking skills is teachers’ questions. The teachers’ questions, to some extent, can stimulate the students’ thinking process. The purpose of this study was to analyze HOTs in the test questions constructed by the English teachers. This study used a qualitative content analysis design. The data resources of this study were the test questions designed by two different junior high school teachers. The data were collected from the question items in the teacher-made tests and were analyzed following revised Bloom’s taxonomy framework. The results of this study show that the test questions made by the teachers require more HOTs-type questions because the tests are mainly LOTs-type questions. The majority of the test questions cover understanding questions (50%), followed by remembering (42.5%), analysing (3.75%), evaluating (2.5%), and creating (1.25%). Unfortunately, no test item is classified as applying question. Based on the results, it shows that the test questions made by the teacher lack HOTs-type questions.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
21 November 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-459-9
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211119.095How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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