THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOTS-BASED TECHNICAL MECHANICAL SUBJECT INSTRUMENTS USING A CLASSICAL TEST THEORY APPROACH

Abstract

The need for the development of instruments for higher-order thinking skills of vocational students related to the demands of the era and the lack of teachers’s capability on arrange it requires a strengthening in the learning evaluation process, especially in measuring the ability of students. SMK in building competence focuses on creating superior human resources to be ready to contribute to the civil sector. Along with the rapid development of the construction world, competitiveness to work in this field has become tight so that graduates must have a differentiator that can be a special attraction to the company. In SMK of building competence, the subject that require an understanding of concepts in solving problems is techincal- mechanical subject. This subject is knowing as a subject that applies derived concepts of mathematics, physics, and logical thinking. This study was conducted as an effort to support the improvement of these capabilities and provide an overview of the preparation of HOTS-based techincal-mechanial instruments in building engineering. This research used Research and Development Methods using the Classical Test Theory approach where after being tested on 574 respondents of vocational school students in several areas in Jakarta it was found that the reliability results were good, and most of the questions had a medium level of difficulty, and high differentiation.