IMPROVING TEACHER SKILLS IN MAKING HOTS PROBLEMS (HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS) THROUGH TEACHER GROUP ACTIVITIES (KKG)

Abstract

The quality of teachers as educators is an important factor, one of which is the quality in making HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) questions which are the responsibility of the principal as the holder of the highest authority in the school, so the aim of this study is to improve the ability of teachers to make HOTS questions. (Higher Order Thinking Skills) through the teacher working group (KKG) which is the subject of this study 26 people using school action research methods that carry out cyclical research steps. The results showed an increase in teacher activity in the first cycle, the average percentage of teacher activity was 73% with a good category, and the average percentage of teacher activity in the second cycle was 91% with a very good category. The teacher's ability in making HOTS questions in the first cycle the average score was 80.76 in the good category, while the teacher's ability in making HOTS questions in the second cycle the average score was 96.92 with the very good category. So it was concluded that carrying out KKG activities was effective in increasing the ability of teachers to make HOTS questions.