Reinforcement analyze and evaluate of higher-order thinking skills using problem-based learning in ecosystem material

Aulia Dhita Nanda (Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas PGRI Madiun, Indonesia)
Rusdi Hasan (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universitas Padjajaran, Indonesia)
Akhmad Sukri (Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika, Indonesia)
Marheny Lukitasari (Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas PGRI Madiun, Indonesia)
Alice Tonido Rivera (College of Education, Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, Philippines)

Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2023): NOVEMBER

Higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) is one of the skills needed for 21st century challenges, especially for students. The aim of this study was to describe HOTS in students, especially the cognitive domain of analyzing and evaluating. This is a descriptive quantitative study employing a Pretest-Posttest One Group research design. The experiment was limited to 34 students heterogeneously from class X-C SMAN 1 Nglames. The research instruments used include learning observation sheets and posttests for student academic score also analyze and evaluate skills. The findings revealed that the average of analyze and evaluate of HOTS Completeness was 79.40% with a good category. The classical completeness of students in learning was 82.35% with a very complete category. Thus, the problem-based learning model can reinforce students' analysis(C4) and evaluate(C5) in higher order thinking skills of ecosystem material.