PERSEPSI GURU BAHASA MELAYU SEKOLAH MENENGAH TERHADAP qKEMAHIRAN BERFIKIR ARAS TINGGI

This study identifies the perceptions of Malay Language teachers in daily secondary schools in Kuala Terengganu District of Terengganu Darul Iman towards the implementation of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) from the aspect of comprehension, knowledge, the implementation of HOTS in their teaching. Research samples comprise 226 Malay Language teachers who are teaching in 15 daily secondary schools in Kuala Terengganu. Researcher used questionnaire sets to collect data from the samples. The data were analyses using Statistical Package for Science Social (SPSS) version 19.0 to explain descriptive and inferential data. Descriptive statistics is used to find the mean, standard deviation, frequency and percentage. Inferential statistics consisted Mean-Whitney U test, t-tests and ANOVA test to answer all the study hypotheses. The findings show that average mean for comprehension level of samples is 3.35 which are at medium level. The other four studied aspects were knowledge level (mean=3.58), the implementation of HOTS in teaching process (mean=3.58). Malay Language teachers towards HOTS showed that the average mean values are at high levels. Besides, the findings also showed a significant difference (p 0.05) for two aspects; Malay Language teachers’ knowledge in HOTS and the implementation of HOTS in their teaching which was also influenced by the levels of taught. Result of the study indicated that Malay Language teachers have positive attitude regarding the implementation of HOTS in their perceptions.