Analysis of elementary school students' problem solving abilities in solving HOTS questions

Abstract

This study aims to describe the problem-solving skills of fifth-grade elementary school students in solving HOTS-type mathematics problems. This study applies Polya's problem-solving steps. Type of this research is descriptive quantitative. The subjects of this study were 26 students in the odd semester of 2022/2023 the academic year 2022/2023 academic year at SDN 61 Bengkulu City. Instruments and data collection techniques used in this study were test sheets and interviews. Data analysis was carried out in descriptive analytical way. The results showed that 75% of fifth-grade students at SDN 61 Bengkulu city had the ability to understand problems, 63% had the ability to plan a settlement, 45% had the ability to solve problems according to plans that had been made, and 45% had the ability to look back at the answers. Only 45% of students have problem-solving skills.