BENGKEL PEMANTAPAN

KBAT
HOTS IN
EXAMINATION

11 ANJAKAN YANG TERKANDUNG DALAM PELAN

PEMBANGUNAN PENDIDIKAN 2013-2025
Shift 1: Provide equal access to quality education of an
international standard

Revamp national examinations and school-based

assessments to gradually increase percentage of
questions that test higher-order thinking.

HOTS is defined as the potential to apply knowledge, skills and values

for reasoning and reflection
Fundamental cognitive processes for generating and organising information, skills of analysis and
synthesis, and processes of creativity and evaluation - Thinking Schools International

Top four levels of the cognitive domain:

Applying: Carrying out or using a procedure through executing or implementing
Analyzing: Breaking material or concepts into parts, determining how the parts
relate or interrelate to one another or to an overall structure or purpose
Evaluating: Making judgments based on criteria and standards through
checking and critiquing
Creating: Putting elements together to form a coherent or functional whole;
reorganizing elements into a new pattern or structure through generating,

John and Ben saw an old man standing by the

roadside. The old man wanted to cross the road
but he couldnt as he was too afraid and there
were too many cars on the road. John ignored the
old man and he crossed the road. However, Ben
helped the old man to cross the road.

John and Ben saw an old man standing

by the roadside. The old man wanted to
cross the road but he couldnt as he was
too afraid and there were too many cars
on the road. John ignored the old man
and he crossed the road. However, Ben
helped the old man to cross the road.
1.Who saw the old man by the roadside?
2.What was the old man trying to do?
3.Why didnt the old man cross the road?
4.Who was helped by Ben to cross the
road?

John and Ben saw an old man standing by the

roadside. The old man wanted to cross the road but
he couldnt as he was too afraid and there were too
many cars on the road. John ignored the old man and
he crossed the road. However, Ben helped the old
man to cross the road.
1. What would have happen if Ben didnt help the
old man to cross the road?
2. What is your opinion about John and Ben?
3. Compare the characteristics between John and
Ben.
4. How can the old man cross the road without Bens
help?