High Order Thinking Skills in One of the Private Elementary Schools in Sleman Yogyakarta District (Case Study)

Abstract

This study aims to find out: (1) whether the teacher has compiled a thematic learning plan that contains indicators of high-level thinking skills; (2) whether the teacher has implemented learning activities that lead to high-level thinking skills; and (3) whether the implementation of class assessment at midterm assessments has led to the measurement of high-level thinking skills. This research is a qualitative research with case study research design. The subjects of this study were the fifth grade teachers who arranged the implementation of learning planning and applied the implementation of learning. Data were collected using questionnaire, observation, interview, and documentation techniques. The results of the study show that: (1) the lesson plan prepared by the teacher already contains indicators of high-level thinking skills; (2) the teacher is able to apply learning activities that contain high-level thinking skills; (3) class assessment in the form of PTS (Mid Semester Assessment) leads to the measurement of high-level thinking skills.