Application of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in teaching and learning through communication component and spiritual, attitudes and values component in preschool

Abstract

The main aim of this study is to observe the application of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in teaching and learning through Communication component and Spiritual, Attitudes and Values component in preschool. This study was conducted using qualitative method and also using Daily Lesson Plan (DLP) of a practicum teacher at the kindergarten that was located in Ipoh, Perak. This study also uses Hermeneutics Method. This method is used to interpret the DLP texts that were written by the practicum teacher. A total of 13 Daily Lesson Plans from the week nine until the fifteenth week were reviewed by focusing on Communication component that was Malay language and English and also Moral Education for the Spiritual, Attitudes and Values component. The researcher analyses the Higher Order Thinking Skills in teaching and learning in preschool through Communication component and Spiritual, Attitudes and Values component. It was found that teachers uses only three levels of Higher Order Thinking Skills, i. e. application, analysis and evaluation in teaching and learning. However, only twice the level of thinking, created was used by teacher. Teaching and learning that was carried out did not include an attractive teaching aids. As a way to overcome the problem of teachers in teaching and learning, practical teacher must have wide knowledge through extensive reading in order to implement the various activities and more interesting.

Kemampuan Berhitung Pada Anak Usia 5—6 Tahun

“…Kedua pendekatan yang digunakan bertujuan untuk mendukung anak dalam proses pembelajaran. Pendekatan HOTS menurut (Nachiappan, Damahuri, Ganaprakasam, & Suffian, 2018) dapat mengembangkan keterampilan anak dalam mengingat, memahami, menerapkan, menganalisis dan menciptakan sesuatu. Pendekatan HOTS dapat mendorong anak untuk mengambil keputusan dengan pemikiran kritis (Setyarini, Muslim, Rukmini, Yuliasri, & Mujianto, 2018).…”

Teachers’ Perception of HOTS-Based Learning in EFL Classroom

“…This was stressed by Seman et al, (2017) who stated that in order to enhance teachers' understanding towards HOTS, they needed an extensive training. Nachiappan et al, (2018) emphasized that in implementing HOTS, school principals also have an active role to always provide encouragement to teachers in developing and implementing HOTS-based instruction.…”

Effect of Scaffolding Strategies on Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Science Classroom

“…Being the core of scaffolding strategies, HOTs constituted the conceptual framework of the present research where the four skills of HOT, namely, application, analysis, evaluation and creation have been thoroughly investigated. As has been mentioned above, the processes of HOTs always refer to the skills that are of cognitive nature including applying, analysing, evaluating and creating (Nachiappan et al, 2018). This cognitive nature of HOTs makes it the most suitable platform for carrying out the present research.…”