@misc{eprints62726,
           title = {HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS (HOTS) BASED READING
EXERCISES IN AN EFL TEXTBOOK FOR THE SECOND-GRADE

STUDENTS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL},
          author = {1713042049 Nurul Walikhtira Pratiwi},
         address = {UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG},
       publisher = {FAKULTAS KEGURUAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN},
            year = {2021},
             url = {http://digilib.unila.ac.id/62726/},
        abstract = {The objectives of this research were to find out whether reading exercises in an
EFL textbook for the second-grade students of senior high school are in
accordance with HOTS indicators and to describe difficulties that are encountered
by EFL teachers when implementing HOTS-based learning using an EFL
textbook during the pandemic. This research adopted qualitative descriptive
research and content analysis method. The object of this research was the reading
comprehension essay questions in the Bahasa Inggris SMA/MA/SMK/MAK Kelas
XI textbook published by the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2018. The
items of the essay reading questions were analyzed using the cognitive levels of
the revised Bloom?s taxonomy.
As the result, it found that the questions categorized as HOTS level obtain 63 out
of 94 questions (67\%). Meanwhile, 31 out of 94 questions (33\%) were categorized
as LOTS level. It indicated that this textbook concentrated more on higher-level
thinking questions since the most dominant level in the textbook was higher order
thinking skills (HOTS). Moreover, the English teachers also face some difficulties
in implementing HOTS-based learning during the pandemic. The difficulties are
they find it hard to arrange materials based on the indicators that they have to
achieve and to implement materials that involve HOTS whether it is possible to be
applied virtually. HOTS-based learning during the pandemic era is more
challenging for both teachers and students.
Keywords: higher-order thinking skills (HOTS), lower-order thinking skills
(LOTS), textbook, reading comprehension.}
}