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Abstract
This study wanted to examine the development and barriers of students' Higher-Order-Thinking skills through metacognitive strategies. The purpose of this study was to determine the tendency of the development of students' higher-order thinking skills and the difficulties encountered during learning. The research instruments were student on task activity sheets, student activity observation sheets, formative tests and learning outcomes tests. The sample subjects were 66 students of class X SMAN 3 and SMAN 5 Banda Aceh. The results showed that the tendency of the development of higher order thinking skills (HOTS) of students in formative exercises (T1 and T2) moved up and the Learning Outcome Test was in good category, an average of 72%.. The difficulties faced by students are dominant in the indicators of creation and evaluation. The implication of this study is that learning mathematics with higher order thinking with metacognitive strategies has been able to improve the HOT ability of class X high school students.