PENGARUH PENERAPAN SOAL HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS (HOTS) TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA DALAM MATA PELAJARAN PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM DI KELAS XI SMA NEGERI 2 TANJUNGPINANG

This study aims (1) to determine the Application of HOTS Questions at SMA Negeri 2 Tanjungpinang. (2) to determine the Critical Thinking Ability at SMA Negeri 2 Tanjungpinang. (3) to determine the effect of the application of HOTS questions on students' critical thinking skills at SMA Negeri 2 Tanjungpinang. This research uses Quantitative research methods. The research subjects were all 11th grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Tanjungpinang. The population amounted to 612 students and the sample taken was 13%, totaling 80 samples. Data collection techniques using observation, questionnaires, interviews and documentation. The results of this study indicate that the overall total of variable X, namely the application of HOTS questions, reached 54.1%. This is evident from the results of the questionnaire reaching 54.1% which is in the range of 41% - 60% with a fairly good category. while the results of Variable Y, namely critical thinking, the questionnaire reached 73.4% with a good category, which is in the range of 61% - 80%. The effect of the application of HOTS questions on students' critical thinking skills at SMA Negeri 2 Tanjungpinang, the calculation results obtained the value of rxy = 0.774 is between the values (0.60 - 0.79), with a strong category. thus rcount is smaller than the rtable value at a significant level of 5% and 1% (0.2199 < 0.774> 0.3611) Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. It can be concluded based on the results of the coefficient of determination, the effect of the application of HOTS questions on students' critical thinking skills is 62.5% while 37.5% is influenced by other factors from this study. So the results of the analysis show that there is a significant relationship between the effect of the application of HOTS questions on students' critical thinking skills at SMA Negeri 2 Tanjungpinang, Keywords: application of HOTS questions, critical thinking