The Use of G-form as an Assessment Instrument in Arabic Language Teaching Based on HOTS

Arifka Mahmudi

doi:10.22515/attarbawi.v3i2.1481

Abstract

Recently, Higher Order Thinking Skills is a new issues in Indonesia, because the government was inserted HOTS question into national exam in order to develop Indonesian education. One of the problem occuring that the students are not familiar to the question given, as the result, the student confuse and complait about it.. Thereby, the need to the assessment instrument that could help teacher and students to challenge it is the must. This study aimed to describe the use of G-form as a assessment instrument in arabic language teaching based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS), to ascertain availability of g-form features as an assessment instrument in arabic language teaching based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS), and to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of it. The research used a library research. The data was taken by interview the arabic teacher that use gmail as a test instrument in arabic language teaching based on HOTS, by reading books, national as well as international journals, and other references related to this discussion, and small experiment of g-form made. The result of this study claim that g-form can be used as an assessment instrument in Arabic language teaching based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). The second are, although it has many advantages, in the other side, the disadvantages were found as well

Highlights

Computer Assisted Test Used in National Examination or named by Ujian Nasional Berbasis Komputer (UNBK) in Indonesia was complained by many students, because, the examination was claimed difficult
In order to develop Indonesian education system, the government included the questions based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) skill that was familiar and aplicated in many countries in the world
Ellen Hoerle (2004) claimed that higher level thinking is virtually impossible without a foundation of automaticity of basic skills and knowledge

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Computer Assisted Test Used in National Examination or named by Ujian Nasional Berbasis Komputer (UNBK) in Indonesia was complained by many students, because, the examination was claimed difficult. The minister of Education and culture of Indonesia, Muhadjir Effendy said that “it happened because the test contained the Higher Order Thinking Skills’s (HOTS) querries which was not familiar yet to Indonesian students (Nugroho, 2018). Thereby, learning is about remembering, understanding and applying because it is low order thinking that were basic level of thinking and analyzing, evaluating, and creating. It doesn’t mean that low order thinking skills or basic skills is not important. Ellen Hoerle (2004) claimed that higher level thinking is virtually impossible without a foundation of automaticity of basic skills and knowledge. Students were not able implementing higher-level thinking unless basic-level thinking automatically implemented

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