Mathematical disposition of strategic thinking ability in working on HOTS questions

Abstract

This article contains the results of a study of the mathematical disposition of strategic thinking skills in working on HOTS (High Order Thinking Skills) questions. HOTS’s problem in learning mathematics has recently become a trend. Therefore, many educators have begun to learn about the characteristics of HOTS questions, and some of them consider HOTS problems to be closely related to problems with a high degree of difficulty. This study was made with the aim of looking at the relationship between mathematical dispositions and the ability to think strategically in working on HOTS questions. In learning mathematics, it is suspected that the mathematical disposition has an important role in solving HOTS problems with the assumption that if a student has a good mathematical disposition then he can do HOTS problems easily. Working on HOTS questions is also closely related to the ability to think strategically because the characteristics of HOTS questions require students to think strategically in solving existing problems. The ability to think strategically, basically run by personal characteristics, one of which is mathematical disposition. Therefore, mathematical disposition has an important role in the ability to think strategically in working on HOTS problems.