A Study on the Relation between HOTS Awareness and Achievement in Physics of Secondary School Students of Kerala

Binoj .V .C, Dr. A. Jahitha Begum

Abstract: Higher order thinking skills should be developed in students in a proper way so that abstract reasoning, critical and creative thinking and problem solving ability develop in an appropriate way which is very essential in science learning. So the higher order thinking skills is a need of the hour for budding science students to grow their potentials to the maximum and to contribute effectively to the world as future scientists. This will clearly result in better achievement in physics. The present article tries to find out the relationship between HOTS awareness of secondary school students and Achievement in Physics of Secondary school students. The study also tries to find out the relationship between HOTS awareness level and Achievement in Physics of Secondary school students based on the subsample Gender.

Keywords: HOTS awareness level, HOTS oriented achievement, Secondary school students