IJECA International Journal of Education & Curriculum Application http://journal.ummat.ac.id/index.php/IJECA ISSN 2614-3380 | Vol. 6, No. 2, August 2023 123 Developing and Testing HOTS-Based Evaluation Packages for Metabolism with Science Literacy Skills Aspects Caecelia Pascella A. Sepe 1 , Hendra Michael Aquan 2 1,2 Biology Education, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. caeceliaapascella@gmail.com 1 , hendra.aquan@usd.ac.id 2 ABSTRACT Keywords: Evaluation; Evaluation Package; Metabolism; HOTS; Science Literacy Skills. During learning at school, difficulties were encountered in learning evaluation, such as low-level questions, lack of question variety, student dishonesty, and poor reading comprehension and understanding of questions. These factors reduce students' reasoning abilities and learning outcomes. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out learning and giving questions that emphasize HOTS abilities and science literacy skills. The purpose of learning evaluation is to measure students' higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) and science literacy skills. This kind of learning and evaluation will be able students improve their higher-order thinking skills, reading comprehension, and understanding of questions, and be able to act honestly in every implementation of learning evaluation. Therefore, this study aims to develop and test the feasibility of an evaluation package that emphasizes HOTS and science literacy skills in the topic of metabolism. Metabolism is a difficult topic for students because it covers a wide range of complex and abstract concepts. This study used the Research and Development (R&D) method with the ADDIE model, which was limited to the Development stage. The research stages consisted of needs analysis, design and development, as well as product validation and revision. Data collection was done through interviews and validation questionnaires and analyzed using quantitative and qualitative data. The results of this study were two packages of HOTS questions (A and B) with aspects of science literacy skills, each containing 20 questions with 100% HOTS proportion and five different question formats. The questions were printed on A4 paper and intended to be used as daily test assessments. The results of the validation showed that both packages were "very feasible" with a percentage of 91.6% (Package A) and 92% (Package B). Therefore, the evaluation package developed was suitable for limited testing after revision. Article History: Received: 26-05-2023 Revised : 20-07-2023 Accepted: 24-07-2023 Online : 01-08-2023 This is an open access article under the CC–BY-SA license https://doi.org/10.31764/ijeca.v6i2.15420 —————————— ◆ —————————— A. INTRODUCTION Ideal learning requires the development of quality learning aligned with 21st-century skills. This skill consists of 4 components include creative thinking, critical thinking and problem- solving, communication, and collaboration (Septikasari & Frasandy, 2018). These four skills can be possessed by students with an effective and efficient learning strategy prepared by the teacher. Students will be directed to be actively involved in solving problems in learning that adhere to discovery learning and meaningful learning (Masgumelar & Mustafa, 2021).