Higher order thinking skills of high school students on circle materials through problem-based learning

Higher order thinking skills which include analyzing, evaluating, and creating skills are needed to solving problems and making decisions so that is important for every student to prepare them for the future. This study aims to describe high school students’ higher order thinking skills on circle materials through problem-based learning. The subjects are 33 students of class XI MIPA 1 Senior High School Number 1 Tanjung Batu. The data were collected through tests and interviews and analyzed by qualitative descriptive. The results of this study show that analyzing indicators dominates higher order thinking skills that appear in the class as many as 29 students. While evaluating and creating indicators are belong to low, where the evaluating indicators only appear in 1 student and creating indicators also appear in 1 student.