HIGHER-ORDER THINGKING SKILL (HOTS) IN ENGLISH TEXT BOOK FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL : A CONTENT ANALYSIS

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyze English text book for senior high school with “HOTS” indicators to find out the percentage level of competence in HOTS questions In high school English books. This research was using Bloom's theory about critical thinking indicators. The research method used a descriptive qualitative approach Grouping questions from the class XI SMA level English Textbook. the results show that the analyzing level dominates the majority of reading comprehension questions in high order thinking skills with a percentage of 11%, followed by the evaluating level with a percentage of 9% and the creating level with a percentage of 3%. the percentage of reading comprehension questions is only 23%, which is in the high order thinking skills level and 77 % conclude that low level questions dominate the reading comprehension. By doing this research, it is hoped that teachers knows the subject material and alwayssearching for new methods and ideasto use for improve the ability of students especially high order thinking skill