Climate Change HOTS for Designing Smart Trash in Elementary Schools

Abstract

Environmental degradation triggers the numerous impacts of climate change. This research describes the Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) of vocational high school students and university students regarding climate change to develop a Smart Trash. The research method used is descriptive method with survey technique. Essay tests are used as the research instrument. The essay questions are comprised of 12 items with 6 indicators. The research finds that the HOTS scores of both vocational and university students are in the very low category, especially in the creative-thinking aspect. The average scores of climate change HOTS for vocational and university students are 25.60 and 30.23, respectively. The research result indicates that Smart Trash as a learning medium should be introduced in the form of project assignments for both vocational and university students. This research concludes that the HOTS score is low and needs an improvement to create a Smart Trash. The suggestion for further research is to improve students' HOTS in vocational education and universities by developing HOTS learning.