Higher-Order Thinking Skills Profile of Students in Mathematics: Gender Perspective

Nyoman Sridana, Muhamad Syahidul Qirom, Muhammad Turmuzi

Abstract

The Higher-Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) is the skill required in the 21st century to face the challenges in the era. Therefore, it is necessary to integrate HOTS into the teaching and learning process, including mathematics. This research aims to provide the profile of HOTS of mathematics students and identify any significant difference between male and female students. HOTS of this research refer to HOTS in Revised Taxonomy Bloom. The subject of this study was 25 middle school students: 7 male and 18 female. The quantitative descriptive design was used to reach the objective of this study. The findings showed that 1) HOTS of students in mathematics is in a low category (32%); 2) students with C4 and C6 skills are in a low category, while there is a medium category for C5 skill; 3) there is no significant difference between HOTS of male and female students for each level (C4, C5, C6) or in general; 4) there is no significance difference between HOTS of male and female students for each mathematics domain except algebra.


10.22178/pos.105-22


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Higher-Order Thinking Skills; Mathematics; Revised Taxonomy Bloom; Gender; Analyze; Evaluate; Create

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