Students Ability in Solving Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Fraction Word Problems

Marzita Puteh

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Type :	article
Subject :	LB2300 Higher Education
Main Author :	Marzita Puteh
Additional Authors :	Lavina Nair Madawan Nair
Title :	Students Ability in Solving Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Fraction Word Problems

Place of Production :	Tanjong Malim
Publisher :	Fakulti Sains dan Matematik
Year of Publication :	2019
Corporate Name :	Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

The study aims to identify the level of students’ higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in solving HOTS fraction word problems. A sample of 48 Year 5 students from two schools participated in this research. The instrument of the study consisted of a set of test questions that contains 12 Fraction HOTS questions. Descriptive statistical analysis was used to assess the students’ existing capabilities. The findings revealed that the current ability of Year 5 pupils in answering HOTS fraction word problems are at poor level which is 75 % followed by 20.84 % at satisfactory level and 2.08 % are respectively at good and excellent levels.

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