student development zone: higher order thinking skills (hots) in criticalthinking orientation

Education is an important thing for humans to need because it functions to prepare humanresources in the nation's development process. there are several characteristics in formal education,namely: having a clear curriculum, applying certain conditions for students and teaching staff must meetcertain classifications. a person's ability to achieve success in life is determined by how much his abilityto think in facing and solving life's problems. someone who has the ability to think critically will alwaysevaluate an activity to conclude everything that is factual. this research uses qualitative methods andliterature study approaches. the results of the study describe: 1. educational zones: higher orderthinking skills (hots); 2. student zone: higher order thinking skills (hots) in the orientation ofincreasing critical thinking; 3. higher education zone: reflections on critical thinking. the conclusionobtained is that hots is said to be good because it can find problems, solve problems and in the processof problem solving involves thinking processes of analyzing, evaluating, creating. this is because in thelearning process students are actively involved to search for and find various concepts of knowledge sothat it will increase creativity, innovation ability and critical thinking processes of students in solving aproblem. if this continues to be honed, we will be able to compete in the 4.0 industrial revolution era.