摘要：The traditional assessments which only covered lower-order thinking skills are still commonly used by teachers in Palembang. Yet the 21 st -Century education demands the empowerment of higher-order thinking skills (HOTS). The objective of this study was to find out the validity,practicality,and effectiveness of interactive questions in measuring students' HOTS. The research and development applied was 4-D model which included four stages (define,design,develop and disseminate). The study was conducted on the tenth graders of SMAN (Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri-State Senior High School) 4 Palembang,and SMAN 9 Palembang,in the even semester of academic year 2018/2019. The instruments of data collection were validation sheets and interactive questions. The data analysis techniques used were Microsoft Excel 2010 and WINSTEPS version 3.73.0. In conclusion,the study showed that: 1) the expert validation results were very high category;2) the instrument was considered as good by teacher responses;and 3) the interactive questions were effective in measuring students’ HOTS..
关键词：Higher-order thinking skills Information technology Interactive questions
