Wajeeh Daher and Nimer Baya'a
Integrating HOTS Activities with GeoGebra in PreService Teachers’ Preparation
2441 - 2444
2015
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International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002101
https://publications.waset.org/vol/103
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are suggested
today as essential for the cognitive development of students and as
preparing them for real life skills. Teachers are encouraged to use
HOTS activities in the classroom to help their students develop
higher order skills and deep thinking. So it is essential to prepare preservice
teachers to write and use HOTS activities for their students.
This paper describes a model for integrating HOTS activities with
GeoGebra in preservice teachers’ preparation. This model describes
four aspects of HOTS activities and working with them activity
components, preparation procedure, strategies and processes used in
writing a HOTS activity and types of the HOTS activities. In
addition, the paper describes the preservice teachers&039; difficulties in
preparing and working with HOTS activities, as well as their
perceptions regarding the use of these activities and GeoGebra in the
mathematics classroom. The paper also describes the contribution of
a HOTS activity to pupils&039; learning of mathematics, where this HOTS
activity was prepared and taught by one preservice teacher.
Open Science Index 103, 2015