The research aims to examine the effect of PhET based science learning on junior high school students' motivation and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). This type of research is a quasi experimental design with a non-equivalent control group design. The research sample was students of class VII B as the experimental class as many as 30 students and class VII C as the control class as many as 30 students carried out at MTs Negeri 4 Banyuwangi. Data collection was done by using test techniques, questionnaires, interviews and documentation. The data analysis technique used the independent sample t-test. The results showed that science learning based on PhET had a significant effect on student motivation and had no significant effect on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) of junior high school students.
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