Author(s)

Mohd Yusri Kamarudin¹, Nik Mohd Rahimi Nik Yusoff², Hamidah Yamat², Kamarulzaman Abdul Ghani³

¹Ministry of Education, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
²Faculty of Education, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia.
³Centre for Language Studies and Generate Development, University of Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.

This study was aimed at identifying activities and teachers’ role in inculcating Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). A total of 30 teachers among main trainers of the Arabic language (j-Qaf) in primary schools in Malacca were selected as the respondents for the study. Data was collected via a questionnaire developed based on the checklist for teaching creativity and critical thinking (Teacher Checklist for Creative and Critical Thinking Instruction-TC-C2TI) and analysed for frequency, percentage, and mean. Findings have shown that the teachers provide support for exploration activities and conduct experiments among their students. Support is often given by providing opportunities for the students to think, learn, and study.

Inculcation, Thinking Skills, Exploration and Experiments, Teaching Language

Kamarudin, M. , Yusoff, N. , Yamat, H. and Abdul Ghani, K. (2016) Inculcation of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in Arabic Language Teaching at Malaysian Primary Schools. Creative Education, 7, 307-314. doi: 10.4236/ce.2016.72030.