Development of a physics test for 10th graders based on Marzano’s higher-order thinking skills

Research was conducted to develop a Marzanoian Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) physics test for 10th-grade senior high school students. A blueprint was developed based on Marzano’s HOTS consisting of 13 indicators, and these were used to craft the test items. The instruments consisted of two sets of tests, each containing 35 items. Seven anchor items were validated by an expert on measurement in physics education, a physics education expert, and practitioners. The instruments were tried out on 437 students from five schools in Sleman District, Indonesia. Polytomous data was analyzed using the Partial Credit Model (PCM). The results show that all of the items are 63 and its instrument are a proven fit with PCM, the reliability of the instruments is 0.77, and the item difficulty index ranges from −0.89 to 0.74, which means all items are in the “good” category. Thus, the Marzanoian HOTS physics test is eligible to be used to measure HOTS in physics in senior high school students.