Students’ Ability in Solving Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Fraction Word Problems

Abstract

The study aims to identify the level of students’ higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in solving HOTS fraction word problems. A sample of 48 Year 5 students from two schools participated in this research. The instrument of the study consisted of a set of test questions that contains 12 Fraction HOTS questions. Descriptive statistical analysis was used to assess the students’ existing capabilities. The findings revealed that the current ability of Year 5 pupils in answering HOTS fraction word problems are at poor level which is 75 % followed by 20.84 % at satisfactory level and 2.08 % are respectively at good and excellent levels.