The Role of the Classroom in the Development of Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Secondary School Students

• Farheen

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• Isham

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According to research published by Shahril Sabudin, Azlin Norhaini Mansor, Subahan Mohd Meerah, and Azliza Muhammad
(2018), students from Malaysia showed a decline in their science and mathematics proficiency levels on an international scale
between 2007 and 2015, as revealed by the Program International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International
Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) [28]. Simultaneously, studies have shown that students' exposure to a scientific
laboratory environment could impact their growth in HOTS. Similar findings were reached by Mubarok, Suprapto, and Adam
(2018)[21], who noted that laboratory investigative activities would impact the HOTS. No studies have been carried out in
Malaysia on the relationship between HOTS and the learning environment in scientific labs as of yet. Consequently, this
quantitative study uses the HOTS of secondary school students in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu to investigate the relationship
between these factors and the classroom environment. 

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