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Environmental learning in the 21st century requires students to have Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). The purpose of this study was to measure HOTS students using Higher Order Thinking Skills Assessment based on Environmental Problem (HOTS-AEP). The research method used in this study was descriptive method with a total sample of 248 students consisting of Elementary School (ES), Junior High School (JHS), Bachelor Program (BP), and Master Program (MP). The results showed that students overall have a very low HOTS category. HOTS scores scale of 0-100 on ES (22.3) are still higher than JHS (20.2). Whereas at the university level, BP scores (19.9) are lower than MP (21.4). This showed that learning must be oriented towards increasing HOTS through various media development learning, learning materials, learning models, and strategies. This study concludes that the HOTS score of students was still very low and needs to be improved.

In the 21st century learning the ability of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) is very necessary especially in Environmental Learning. The problem is the unavailability of students' HOTS profiles. The purpose of this study was to describe the HOTS profile of elementary and junior high school students based on gender using Higher Order Thinking Skills Assessment based on Environmental Problems (HOTS-AEP). The study was conducted in July 2019. The sample used was 130 students, consisting of 14 male students and 18 female students at the elementary level. Then, 29 male students and 69 female students for junior high school. The results showed that the overall HOTS score of students were in very low category with the average score of junior high school for male students (17.70) and female (21.10) while elementary school students for male (20.70) and female (23.60). There were differences in scores between elementary and junior high school based on gender. This showed that the ability of HOTS students in environmental learning still needs to be improved. The conclusion was HOTS of female students still higher than male students at the elementary and junior high school. Besides that overall students HOTS are still very low and need to be improved.