HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS (HOTS) ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH NATIONAL EXAMINATION QUESTION FROM 2014 TO 2019 IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

The aim of this research is to know the implementation of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) cognitive level to Senior High School English NationalExamination Question from 2014 to 2019. The researcher conducted descriptive qualitative research. The subject of this study is one package of National Examination Question in the academic year of 2014 to 2019. The data were collected through document analysis and were analyzed through descriptive qualitative. Based on the result of data analysis, it is showed that the reading question items of English National Examination Question of Senior High School from 2014 to 2019 consist of 210 reading question items. The 210 question items then were divided into 3 levels of thinking, which are 105 question items of the low category, 79 question items of the medium category, and 26 question items of the high category. Thus, it can be concluded that the English National Examination Question from 2014 to 2019 mostly consists of Low Order Thinking Skills (LOTS) for the reading question items. From the result above, the writer hopes that this research will be useful for the teacher and the students to study Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)