Mathematical problem solving tasks in the form of high order thinking skill

This article describes mathematical problem solving task which is categorized in form of high order thinking skills. The study used descriptive qualitative as research methodology and involved junior high school students in Palembang city as research subject. Data collections consist of students' worksheet, observation, and interview. The result showed that mathematical problem solving tasks categorized into form of high order thinking skill were mathematical tasks that contain commands to do analysis, evaluation, or creativity. A question that requires students to recognize elements needed and their relationship is kind of analysis type. Furthermore, a question containing command to accept or to reject a statement based on their analysis is included into evaluation type. Moreover, if it provokes students to make new structures that have never existed before or to generalize an idea then this is creation type. The classification of mathematical problem solving tasks including HOT problems is based on the top of Bloom's cognitive taxonomy.