TY  - JOUR
T1  - Teacher’s Awareness Profiles and Stages of Concern Regarding the Application of
Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) in School Based Assessment (SBA)
AU - Azid, Nurulwahida Hj AU - Makhsin, Mardzelah AU - Khalid, Rozalina AU - Hashim, Ridzuan AU - Othman, Norasmah 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
SP  - 590
EP  - 595
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2018.590.595
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.590.595
KW  - Concerns based adoption model
KW  -school based assessment
KW  -higher order thinking skills
KW  -teaching and learning
KW  -awareness and informational
KW  -categorized
AB  - The aim of this study was to review the teacher’s awareness profile, stages of concern and the
teacher’s views towards the application of HOTS in SBA. There are seven stages of concern that have been
studied namely: awareness, informational, personal, management, consequence, collaboration and refocusing.
Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) is a model used to obtain the profile and stages of concern among
teachers in applying HOTS in SBA. A questionnaire has been adapted and modified in line with the objectives
of the study. A total of 206 teachers who are pursuing a master degree have been randomly selected for this
study. Results showed that the means for each stage of concern are as follows: awareness = 4.346;
information = 4.846; personal = 5.07; management = 4.874; collaboration = 4.632 and refocusing = 4.702). This
means all the teachers showed a high level of awareness for all the stages of concern. Teachers have a high
level of awareness towards the application of HOTS in SBA. There are some aspects of concerns that can be
improved such as awareness and informational. This can be proved through the analysis in the second stage,
especially in the information domain which found that teachers lack the knowledge to apply HOTS. Most of
the teachers interviewed thought HOTS application is the best way to produce students who are wise think to
coincide with the wishes of the 21st century. The study findings have shown that the respondents have not
yet reached the stage of very high concern. The respondent’s concern at high level can be categorized as new
users who are already thinking about the application of HOTS in SBA. However, information on HOTS in SBA
is still limited and teachers are still searching on how to apply it in teaching and learning.
ER  -