A study of local culture utilization on the higher order thinking skills - categorized items

Abstract

This research was classified into exploration research to determine the usefulness of local culture elements in order to be applied to the items categorized into higher order thinking skills. This research focused on obtaining the example of Mathematics items categorized into higher order thinking skills covering local culture elements as well as the Mathematical topic. The technique of collecting data was conducted based on the principles in ethnographic such as observation, interview, documentation and field notes. The result showed that the HOTS-categorized items and the examples of items utilizing local culture product like motif batik covered the elements of similarity and congruency. Stimulus on local culture could be in the form of text, picture, game, motif or pattern, graphic, table, art craft or other pieces of information from students’ cultures.