AN ANALYSIS OF HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS (HOTS) IN EXERCISE OF ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR 9TH GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT SMPN 24 KOTA BENGKULU

The aims of this study are to find out the distribution and the highest
frequency of the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) based on the
revised edition of Blooms Taxonomy in the exercises of English textbook
entitled Buku Bahasa Inggris “Think Globally Act Locally” SMP/MTS
Kelas IX (Kurikulum 2013) for 9th grade students that use at SMPN 24
Kota Bengkulu. The researcher used the descriptive qualitative method.
The researcher used 106 exercises of the English textbook as the data
sources and the checklist table for collecting and used the Miles and
Huberman’s theory for analyzing the data to find the result of the study.
The result showed that the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) gained
differently among skills of HOT and the English Textbook has no
gradation or uneven, the author did not emphasize the distribution HOTS
according to the students' level of thinking in each exercise in each chapter
of the English book Furthermore the highest frequency of HOTS in this
study belongs to the C6 (Creating). Therefore, it is suggested that teacher
should choose the exercises in English Textbook that appropriate for the
students’ need and level. For the author of English Textbook, need to pay
attention to the gradation of distribution for each cognitive level in order to
produce English textbooks that are appropriate to the level of education
and thinking level of students.
Keywords: Higher Order Thinking Skills, English Textbook, Exercise