The implementation of the 2013 curriculum demands the ability of teachers to train students to improve high-level thinking skills or higher-order thinking skills (HOTS), where students are required to be critical, creative, and innovative students in exploring complex experiences. To help students have high-level thinking skills, or HOTS needs to be supported by various learning models and expected to make the learning atmosphere enjoyable and change the learning conditions to be active and creative. This development research aims to: 1) Produce the design of learning Arabic based on Higher Order Thinking Skills with the Discovery Learning Skill; 2) Analyzing the effectiveness of the design. This research uses the research and development (R & D) method. The results of the study are as follows: 1) Discovery learning model on fiqh subjects based on cognitive learning theory through three stages: sensory representation (enactive), concrete representation (iconic), abstract (symbolic) representation, and constructivist theory with the student-centered learning approach. 2) The study results indicate that the discovery learning model meets the effective criteria seen from the point of view of achieving academic competencies. The results of the t-test showed significant differences between the pretest and posttest values of 12,05. As for the average of all validation instruments, 3,57 good categories and the average score of the observations in the first meeting of 3,48 were practical.
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