Improving EFL Students’ Higher Order Thinking Skills Through Collaborative Strategic Reading in Indonesia
Open Access
- 2 September 2020
- journal article
- Published by Research and Education Development (READ) Institute in International Journal of Asian Education
- Vol. 1 (2), 43-52
- https://doi.org/10.46966/ijae.v1i2.37
Abstract
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.Keywords
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