Readability of Higher-order Thinking (HOT) Mathematical Problems in Disaster Context for Junior High School Students

Abstract

Disaster mitigation efforts in learning mathematics need to be carried out to foster disaster awareness in students through higher-order thinking (HOT) mathematical problems in a disaster context. One effort that can be done is to design HOT math problems with disaster context. However, the problems developed have not gone through the readability test stage by students. This study aims to analyze the readability of HOT mathematical problems in a disaster context for junior high school students. This research is development research limited to the stages of one-to-one and small group only. This study resulted in 16 HOT math problems in a disaster context for junior high school students who had passed the readability test. This research is expected to provide a scientific contribution as a basis and reference for further research and the problems that have been tested for readability can be used by teachers in the teaching and learning process in the classroom.