The THE CHARACTER EDUCATION STRATEGIES IN HIGHER UNIVERSITY THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING BASED ON HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS

Abstract

The era of globalization which is accompanied by the era of knowledge and rapid world change has implications in various areas of life. Facing this, education in higher education must able to prepare the next generation who have the ability and habit of critical thinking, research, problem solving, decision making, and good character. To achieve that, it is necessary to develop an integrated character education strategy in well-planned and programmed learning so as to produce graduates who are scholarly, characterized, and able to appear competitive in international relations as expected. One of The character education strategy that can be taken is to apply an assessment model integrated in learning as an assessment for learning (AFL) based on higher order thinking skills (HOTS) for students. This model is expected to be able to improve the quality of learning, good character which includes motivation to always learn, honest, independent, disciplined, trusting self, responsibility, and reasoning ability which is reflected in student HOTS