The Effect of Hots-Based Islamic Education on the Attitude of Religiosity and Its Impact on Improving Students Spirituality

Higher-Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) is a projection of 21st-century learning characteristics, not only in science-based subjects, but also in other subjects specifically in Islamic education. The ability to think in Islamic concept is known as "al-fikr" term, which consists of three things, namely: the purpose of thinking, ways of thinking and the benefits of thinking. Besides "al-fikr” term, there are also other terms such as al-tadhakkur, al-tafakkur, altadabbur, al-ta'aqqul. The essence is that, the ability to think in Islamic concept becomes a domain that must be developed in accordance with the spirit of the first revelation that is "iqra" "and with the spirit contained in the first section of the first paragraph of the National Education System Law. Islamic education as a subject, especially in Senior high schools must be able to develop students' thinking abilities referring to the HOTS model of learning, so it can improve religious behaviour and affect the religious behaviour of students. The problem of this study is that whether HOTS learning influences religious behaviour and affects the students' spirituality or not. This research method used is based on a positivistic paradigm with a quantitative approach and a case study research as the research type. The places of this research are two public high schools, with a specific sample of religion extracurricular students consisting of 135 students. The data analysis is referred to as the path analysis model. The results of the study as a whole explain that HOTS-based learning affects the attitude of student religiosity whose t-value is 2.53 ≥ 1.96 and also has an impact on the development of student spirituality whose t-value is 2.09 ≥ 1.96. In contrast, the effect of HOTS on spirituality whose t-value is -0.10 ≤ 1.96. It has indicated that it is not significant.