Methy Lina Paradisca. K2217052. First Supervisor: Dra. Dewi Rochsantiningsih, M.Ed., Ph.D. Second Supervisor: Dr. Sri Haryati, S.Pd., M.Pd. “SCRUTINIZING LEARNING ACTIVITIES ON PROMOTING HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS: A CONTENT ANALYSIS IN “BAHASA INGGRIS: WORK IN PROGRESS” TEXTBOOK BASED ON BLOOM’S REVISED TAXONOMY” Thesis, Surakarta: Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Universitas Sebelas Maret, July 2024. 

The worldwide educational system proposes cultivating skilled graduates,  asserting critical thinking to support competent Human Resources, specifically in Indonesia’s latest curriculum. The objectives of this research are: (1) to investigate the distribution of the HOTS learning activities in the “Bahasa Inggris: Work in Progress”. (2) to determine the promotion of the HOTS learning activities in the textbook according to Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy. This research employed a qualitative content analysis as a methodology. The data consist of learning instructions from the “Bahasa Inggris: Work in Progress” textbook for tenth grade published by the Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC). Furthermore, data were obtained and analyzed by document analysis using an interactive model proposed by Miles, Huberman, and Saldana (2014) by investigating 198 the instruction of learning activities scattered over all chapters of the “Bahasa Inggris: Work in Progress” textbook. The learning activities are categorized into HOTS and assigned codes. 1) The findings revealed a sufficient distribution between LOTS, with 32.83% of the learning activities,  MOTS with 17.68%, and 49.49% allocated to HOTS. 2) Notably, the analyzing level (C4) and creating level (C6) instructions comprised 22.22% and 17.17% respectively, exceeding the expected proportions for HOTS. Conversely, a limited quantity of learning instructions is the evaluating level (C5). This research highlights a strong focus on fostering analytical and creative thinking skills, however, the textbook needs to be more balanced in promoting evaluative skills among learners. It is expected to assist educators in selecting the appropriate understanding of the high quality of the textbook that promotes learners’ critical thinking.

Keywords: Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy; content analysis; English textbook; higher-order thinking skills (HOTS); learning activities