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Presented by:
1. Sim Wei Na
2. Siva Shangary Balasubramaniam

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Lecturer: Dr. Faizal Nizam Lee Bin Abdullah

* Higher Order Thinking occurs when a person

takes new information and information stored


in memory and interrelates and/or rearranges
and extends this information to achieve a
purpose or find possible answers in perplexing
situation. (Cuban, 1984)

* Deputy director-general of Education (policy and

development) Datuk Amin Senin said: HOT skills


refer to more than just the ability to read, write
and count, but also to think and analyze a situation
critically. In todays competitive world, pupils need
to do more than just memorize or retell the facts.
By executing the HOT skills, they will be taught how
to learn and reason, and apply what they think as
solutions to problems in their work environment in
the future.

* Created by Malaysian Ministry of Education

together with Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM)

* AIM : Equips Malaysia's next generation of

innovators to think critically and be adaptable


in preparation for the future.

* According to Richard Cummins (CEO of TSI) and Nick


Symes (Global Trainer of TSI), I-Think program has 3
main objectives:

Nurture and develop innovative human capital


Increase thinking skill amongst children
Equip future generations with Higher Order
Thinking Skills

* Helps people brainstorm and list everything


they know about a particular thing or idea.

Question : What is the topic under Mathematics?

* Help people to list down key adjectives (qualities,

properties or attributes) about a particular thing or


idea so that can describe and understand it better.

Question : Characteristic of a Mathematics teacher

* Help people list down similarities and differences

between two things or idea so that can differentiate


the two by comparing and contrasting.

Question : Differentiate square and trapezoid

* Help people organize information into different


groups so that can understand the big picture
in a comprehensive way.

Question : Classify equation of straight lines

* Help people break things apart so that can


understand how things work.

Question : Decomposing of RM 1.00

* Help people list down the steps involved in a process


so that can understand what needs to be done to
achieve something.

Question : List down the steps to round off a number

* Help people map the cause and effect of an event so that


can understand the results of actions and how they can
be changed.

Question : How do we achieve good grades in Mathematics


and what are the benefit of success?

* Let people list down several pairs of items that


relate to each other. So that can understand
things in the world that have similar
relationships.

Question : Coordinate plane


RF : Any point located in _____ will
always have _____ coordinates.

* Malaysian Education System helps students gain


knowledge, but now we need a transformation
to create thinking generation.

* With i-Think program, students will become

lifelong learners, equipped with the right skillsets to take on the challenges of the 21st
century.

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