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Developing Instructional Strategies to Enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Among University Students: A Case Study of Universiti Sarawak Malaysia

The recent reform of Malaysia’s education system has witnessed the incorporation of higher order thinking skills into the curriculum at all educational levels. However, the implementation has been surrounded by various issues, particularly the pervasive lack of higher order thinking skills (HOTS) re...

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Main Authors: Jerome, Collin, Lee, Julia Ai Cheng, Ting, Su Hie
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Published: Taylor's press 2017
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LB Theory and practice of education
LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling my.unimas.ir.192962023-10-31T03:33:27Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19296/ Developing Instructional Strategies to Enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Among University Students: A Case Study of Universiti Sarawak Malaysia Jerome, Collin Lee, Julia Ai Cheng Ting, Su Hie LB Theory and practice of education LB2300 Higher Education The recent reform of Malaysia’s education system has witnessed the incorporation of higher order thinking skills into the curriculum at all educational levels. However, the implementation has been surrounded by various issues, particularly the pervasive lack of higher order thinking skills (HOTS) required by the industry among a majority of undergraduates.This is an area that requires further investigation, given that there are many challenges in the teaching of HOTS at university level. The present paper discusses findings from a study that investigated HOTS among undergraduates at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and developed instructional strategies to enhance those skills. Self-reported survey and interviews were used to gather the views of 120 undergraduates and 20 lecturers on HOTS and the teaching of HOTS in tertiary context. The views were then used to develop instructional strategies that could enhance HOTS among undergraduates. The findings show most undergraduates reported that HOTS include critical, logical, reflective, metacognitive, and creative thinking skills. Both undergraduates and lecturers reported the use of lectures, discussions, problem-based learning, case-based scenarios, demonstrations and other instructional strategies to enhancing HOTS. The findings also show factors that may influence the use of these strategies such as the subject taught, the learning tasks, the approach(es) taken by lecturers themselves as well as the link between lecturers’ intention and the strategies used during instruction. Issues concerning the development of instructional strategies that can be used to enhance these skills are also discussed. Taylor's press 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19296/1/TTLC_2017_Full_Paper%20%281%29.pdf Jerome, Collin and Lee, Julia Ai Cheng and Ting, Su Hie (2017) Developing Instructional Strategies to Enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Among University Students: A Case Study of Universiti Sarawak Malaysia. SEARCH: The Journal of the South East Asia Research Centre for Communication and Humanities. ISSN 2229-872X http://search.taylors.edu.my/
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topic LB Theory and practice of education
LB2300 Higher Education
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LB2300 Higher Education
Jerome, Collin
Lee, Julia Ai Cheng
Ting, Su Hie
Developing Instructional Strategies to Enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Among University Students: A Case Study of Universiti Sarawak Malaysia
description The recent reform of Malaysia’s education system has witnessed the incorporation of higher order thinking skills into the curriculum at all educational levels. However, the implementation has been surrounded by various issues, particularly the pervasive lack of higher order thinking skills (HOTS) required by the industry among a majority of undergraduates.This is an area that requires further investigation, given that there are many challenges in the teaching of HOTS at university level. The present paper discusses findings from a study that investigated HOTS among undergraduates at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and developed instructional strategies to enhance those skills. Self-reported survey and interviews were used to gather the views of 120 undergraduates and 20 lecturers on HOTS and the teaching of HOTS in tertiary context. The views were then used to develop instructional strategies that could enhance HOTS among undergraduates. The findings show most undergraduates reported that HOTS include critical, logical, reflective, metacognitive, and creative thinking skills. Both undergraduates and lecturers reported the use of lectures, discussions, problem-based learning, case-based scenarios, demonstrations and other instructional strategies to enhancing HOTS. The findings also show factors that may influence the use of these strategies such as the subject taught, the learning tasks, the approach(es) taken by lecturers themselves as well as the link between lecturers’ intention and the strategies used during instruction. Issues concerning the development of instructional strategies that can be used to enhance these skills are also discussed.
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author Jerome, Collin
Lee, Julia Ai Cheng
Ting, Su Hie
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Ting, Su Hie
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title Developing Instructional Strategies to Enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Among University Students: A Case Study of Universiti Sarawak Malaysia
title_short Developing Instructional Strategies to Enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Among University Students: A Case Study of Universiti Sarawak Malaysia
title_full Developing Instructional Strategies to Enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Among University Students: A Case Study of Universiti Sarawak Malaysia
title_fullStr Developing Instructional Strategies to Enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Among University Students: A Case Study of Universiti Sarawak Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Developing Instructional Strategies to Enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Among University Students: A Case Study of Universiti Sarawak Malaysia
title_sort developing instructional strategies to enhance higher order thinking skills (hots) among university students: a case study of universiti sarawak malaysia
publisher Taylor's press
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