Implementation HOTS Based-Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesian Elementary School

Abstract: Implementation HOTS Based-Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesian Elementary School. Objective: This research aims to describe the learning process oriented HOTs in midst of the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. Method: This research is a qualitative research with phenomenological research type. The data was collected by phone interview to 17 elementary school teachers in Central Java Province. Data analysis is using Bogdan Biklen models. Findings: The results showed that the application of HOTs-based learning during pandemic: 1) teacher’s knowledge of HOTS learning is quite good, 2) planning of HOTS-based learning process is still not optimal, 3) HOTs-based learning process has not been carried out to the maximum, 4) In the evaluation activities of HOTS-based learning is still relatively low , and 5) Many obstacles faced during HOTS-based learning process. Conclusion: HOTs-based learning during the Covid-19 pandemic cannot be done to the maximum although there are teachers who have tried to implement it in accordance with their knowledge.Keywords: HOTs-based learning, Covid-19 pandemic, elementary school. Abstrak: Penerapan Pembelajaran Berbasis HOTS Selama Pandemi Covid-19 di Sekolah Dasar Indonesia. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendiskripsikan proses pembelajaran berorientasi HOTs di tengah wabah pandemic Covid-19. Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian fenomenologi. Data dikumpulkan dengan wawancara by phone kepada 17 guru sekolah dasar di Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Analisis data yang digunakan menggunakan model Bogdan Biklen. Temuan: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan pembelajaran berbasis HOTs selama pandemi: 1) pengetahuan guru tentang pembelajaran HOTS cukup baik, 2) perencanaan proses pembelajaran berbasis HOTS masih belum optimal, 3) Proses pembelajaran berbasis HOTs belum terlaksana secara maksimal, 4) Pada evaluasi pembelajaran berbasis HOTS masih tergolong rendah, dan 5) Banyak kendala yang dihadapi selama pelaksanaan proses pembelajaran berbasis HOTS berlangsung. Kesimpulan: Pembelajaran berbasis HOTs di masa pandemic Covid-19 tidak dapat dilakukan secara maksimal walaupun ada guru yang sudah berusaha menerapkannya sesuai dengan pengetahuannya.Kata kunci: pembelajaran berbasis HOTs, pandemi Covid-19, sekolah dasar. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v11.i1.20210