What is “HOTS”??

HOTS are the ability to think that not only requires the
ability to remember, but also higher capabilities and
HOTS are student’s abilities that are activated when
students encounter unfamiliar problems.
HOTS are complex thinking that goes [Kings, Goodson, and Rohani (2013)]
beyond basic recall of fact, such as
evaluation and invention, enabling
students to retain information and to Higher order thinking skills is a
apply problem-solving solution to concept that focus on the
real-world problems different types of learning and
difference in the cognitive processing

LOTS are the first three aspects of Taxonomy

HOTS involves skill such as creative
and critical thinking, analysis,
problem solving, and visualization
bloom, which are remembering, understanding,
and applying &
HOTS are the last three which is analyzing,
evaluating, and creating
 Critical Creative
Thinking Thinking

HOTS
Thinking
Reasoning
Strategies
Why “HOTS” is important in Mathematics

Provides opportunities for students to Develop the ability to see things

01 acquire mathematical knowledge, 03 around them with new and different
develop problem solving and decision perspectives in order to develop
making skills to enable students to cope creative and innovative individuals.
with daily life challenges

Develop mathematics reasoning skills

Help students to think and not just to
02 memorize and also improve their 04 where students are able structure &
evaluating mathematical conjectures
cognitive ability. &statements.
“HOTS vs MATHEMATICAL THINKING”
Creative Thinking
Higher Order is the ability to produce or create
something new
Thinking
Critical Thinking Reasoning
is the ability to evaluate a is an individual’s ability to
certain idea logically and make logical and rational
rationally considerations and
evaluations

Thinking Strategies
is a structured and focused way of
thinking to solve problems
“HOTS vs MATHEMATICAL THINKING”

1. Specializing 2.
Generalizing
trying special
cases & looking for
Mathematical looking at
example
patterns &
relationships
Thinking

4. Convincing 3. Conjecturing
finding & predicting
communicating relationships &
reasons results.
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DSKP MATHEMATICS FORM 3

Anderson, W. L., & David, R. K. (Ed). (2001). A Taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of
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