Mastery Level of Historical Thinking Skills (KPS) among Form Two Students

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the Historical Thinking Skills among Form Two students. This study involved five aspects of the historical thinking skills: understanding chronology, exploring evidence, making interpretations, imagining and rationalizing while the focus of content standard referred to the four Content Standards in DSKP KSSM Form One History subject which are Introduction to Knowledge of History, Prehistoric Age, Ice Age and World Civilization and Its Contributions. The research instrument used in this study was a set of questionnaires in a form of multiple choice objective items about the History subject. The research participants involved were 388 Form Two students. Data were analysed descriptively to identify the level of students' historical thinking skills. The following findings revealed the level of historical thinking skills among Form Two students in all five aspects: 60.7% for understanding chronology, 46.7% for exploring evidence, 65.4% for making interpretations, 68.5% for imagining and 64.9% for rationalizing.