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The Effect Of Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) on Students’ Explanatory Text at SMA Negeri 2 Raha

Journal of Teaching of English · Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022) · pp. 31–40

ISSN
2548-6810
Published
2022-04-15
Publisher
Universitas Halu Oleo
Language
eng

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find out Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) has significant effect on students’ writing explanatory text at SMAN 2 Raha. This research used pre experiment design One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design of class. The population of this research was all eleventh grade students in SMAN 2 Raha who registered on academic years 2019/2020 which were 488 students, while the subject of this research were students at class XI MIA1 which consisted of 40 students, but only 25 students were participated. The research instrument was written test which focus on explanatory text. The researcher collected data by provided pre-test, gave the treatment by applying Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS), and gave the post-test. The data was analyzed by using SPSS 16.0 version. To examine the hypothesis, the researcher used a paired sample t-test. Based on the result finding, writing explanatory text help students’ on developing their Higher Order Thinking Skill. Writing explanatory text acquired students a great deal of content knowledge before beginning the explanation. Students should be writing detailed and explained sequences of event. In addition, students expect to think critically to showed how and why something happen. Therefore, writing explanatory text has significant effect on students’ higher order thinking skill (HOTS).

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  • Universitas Halu Oleo
  • Hasanuddin University
  • Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kendari
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Kamaluddin KamaluddinAffiliation unknown3
Aderlaepe AderlaepeUniversitas Halu Oleo3
Lelly SuhartiniUniversitas Halu Oleo3
La InoUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Mursalim MursalimAffiliation unknown2
Nurnia NurniaAffiliation unknown2
Rezkilaturahmi RezkilaturahmiAffiliation unknown2
Muhammad Kurniawan RachmanInstitut Agama Islam Negeri Kendari1
Aris BadaraUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Mariani MarianiAffiliation unknown1
Sartiah SartiahAffiliation unknown1
Risal RisalHasanuddin University1
Tambunan TambunanUniversitas Halu Oleo1
La Ode Malik NurAffiliation unknown1
Juhaepa JuhaepaUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Alberth AlberthAffiliation unknown1
Risma Fitria Uky YandiniAffiliation unknown1
Amiruddin AmiruddinHasanuddin University1
Firda AriyantiAffiliation unknown1
Ulin NafiahAffiliation unknown1
Yati MahadiAffiliation unknown1
Haerun AnaAffiliation unknown1
Sriyono SriyonoAffiliation unknown1
Haerun AnnaAffiliation unknown1
Nur Ramlayanti AlimuddinAffiliation unknown1
Hesti NurhidayatiUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Putu Chintya DeviAffiliation unknown1
Ni Luh Nadya Laksmi UtamiAffiliation unknown1
Rini Darianti HartinaAffiliation unknown1
Sitti Fatimah ApriantiAffiliation unknown1
Almeira SalsabilaAffiliation unknown1
Devi PrimadeniAffiliation unknown1
Wawan Marhanjono MustamarAffiliation unknown1
Arwa ArwaAffiliation unknown1
Tambunan TambunanAffiliation unknown1
Ria WulandariAffiliation unknown1
Rahmatang RahmatangAffiliation unknown1

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