Improving EFL Students' Higher Order Thinking Skills Through Collaborative Strategic Reading in Indonesia

Main Authors: Arik Susanti, Pratiwi Retnaningdyah, Ade Nila Puspita Ayu, Anis Trisusana
Other Authors: International Journal of Asian Education (IJAE)
Format: Article
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2020
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4051274
Daftar Isi:
  • The study aims to investigate whether collaborative strategic reading (CSR) strategies can improve higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) of students. It is an experimental design using pre-test and post-test as an instrument. Research data was obtained by giving a reading test in one of the public vocational high schools in Surabaya, Indonesia. These test data were analyzed using independent sample T-test and paired sample T-test in SPSS. Results showed that Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) could improve higher-order thinking skills for students. Based on data analysis results, t count was found to be larger than t table. Moreover, the result of the paired-sample t-test also indicated a significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores of experimental students. Sig. Sig. (2-tailed) equals.000. To sum up, the strategy benefits students in enhancing higher-order thinking skills for students.