Abstract
Higher order thinking skills could facilitate students’ thinking to find a new knowledge from the observation of phenomena or natural phenomena that exists around. The purpose of this research was to improve students’ higher order thinking skills for teaching and learning thermochemistry concept using student worksheets (SWS) based on curriculum 2013. The research and development method developed by Borg and Gall’s model was used in this study. The samples were 25 students of grade 11 from a secondary high school and 15 chemistry teachers in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The higher order thinking skills were measured using the essay test. Based on the results of data analysis, the N-gain value was 79% which is in the high category. It can be concluded that the developed SWS could improve students’ higher order thinking skills. Therefore the developed SWS could be used as the material for teaching and learning of Thermochemistry.
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