The Comparison of Boarding School Student’s Capability in Solving HOTS Question of Islamic History Subject

Muthia Franika Anggita Pratiwi (Pascasarjana Institut Agama Islam Negeri Surakarta, Indonesia)
Eka Rizki Amalia (Curtin University Australia)

Jurnal Pendidikan Islam
Vol 4 No 1 (2021): Islamic Education

This research was conducted to determine the ability and the comparison to solve HOTS questions of Islamic History subject of the 11th grades of MAN I and MAN II Surakarta boarding school. The research applied a comparative quantitative method by comparing the ability to solve HOTS questions of Islamic History subject of the 11th grade of MAN I and MAN II Surakarta students. The result reveals that MAN I students’ ability to solve HOTS questions reaches 22% and is categorized as low, 55% of students obtained scores of medium category, and 23% of students are in the high category. Meanwhile, for MAN II students, 14% obtained scores for the low category, 49% for the medium category, and 37% for the high category. There were no significant differences related to the ability to solve HOTS questions of Islamic history of both schools. With HOTS’s evaluation, the students can expand the ability to solve HOTS questions, and the teachers can take into consideration to implement HOTS’s evaluation.