HOTS and LOTS in Instructional Questions

Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) become a hot issue in education since the mindset of curriculum have been emphasized in order to improve the quality of teaching learning process. The instructors should comprehend in depth how to design the appropriate material that contain both levels of thinking; both HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) and LOTS (Low Order Thinking Skills). A material for teaching is categorized as a good one if it is fit to the percentage for each level of thinking. This book explains in detail about operational words for each level of thinking in order to know how to construct HOTS and LOTS questions easily. It also provides the examples of instructional questions and the standard percentage of level thinking to guide the instructors in designing a good quality of instructional materials.