An Analysis of Higher Order Thinking Skill in Writing Tasks in English Textbook Entitled ‘Interactive English 2’ Published by Yudhistira

ARTIA, PRASTIWI (2022) An Analysis of Higher Order Thinking Skill in Writing Tasks in English Textbook Entitled ‘Interactive English 2’ Published by Yudhistira. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Nowadays, the Indonesian schools provide many sources to be used by teachers and students in supporting learning process. By using textbook, the teachers can prepare material and media before beginning the lesson. Meanwhile, the students can use the textbook to support their self-study. Meanwhile, in our new curriculum, the higher order thinking skill is more emphasized. Because higherorder thinking skill is important in education and any discipline of life. Hence, the English textbook should has prominent role in implementing higher order thinking skill, especially in the tasks of textbook. The aim of this research is to get empirical evidence of distribution of the higher order thinking skill based on revised Bloom‟s taxonomy in writing tasks of Interactive English 2 textbook which prepared for the 8 thgrade for junior high school students and to determine the dominant skill of higher order thinking level found in the textbook. This research used the qualitative research which uses content analysis as the method. Furthermore, the data collected in the form of the words which are the writing tasks, rather than the numbers. The data are analyzed based on revised edition of Bloom‟s taxonomy and writing tasks indicators. The results revealed that the higher order thinking level get the lower distribution than the lower order thinking skill. It is proven by the results that showed the distribution of higher order thinking level obtains 65 out of 133 instructions or 48.9%. Meanwhile, the lower order thinking level obtains 68 out of 133 instruction or 51.1%. Furthermore, as the focus of this research, the distribution of higher order thinking skill in the Interactive English 2 textbook shows that the create skill get the highest distribution by obtaining 51 out of 133 instructions, while the analyze level get the second position by obtaining 13 out of 133 instructions, and the evaluate skill get the third position by obtaining 1 out of 133 instructions. It can be concluded that the dominant level of higher order thinking skill in writing tasks in Interactive English 2 textbook is create level. It also shows that there is imbalance portion of the higher order thinking skill in writing tasks. Keywords: Higher Order Thinking Skill, Writing Task, Textbook, Content Analysis

Item Type: Thesis (Diploma)
Subjects: Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Divisions: Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: LAYANAN PERPUSTAKAAN UINRIL REFERENSI
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2022 06:56
Last Modified: 27 Sep 2022 06:56
URI: http://repository.radenintan.ac.id/id/eprint/21032

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