Abstract :
In this era the use of information communication technology in every walk of life is not a lie
especially its use in education to facilitate the process of teaching and learning. The
objectives of study were to explore the practice of ICT among students at university level, to
examine the level of higher order thinking skills among students at university level and to
find out the effect of information communication technology on the development of higher
order thinking skills among students at university level. The study contains proposed model
which was based on ICT tools and HOTs. The researcher used quantitative approach, and
its design was correlation which is a type of descriptive research. Population was based on
undergraduate university students of social sciences of 3 universities of Islamabad.
Convenient sampling technique was used. The sample was based on 10% of entire
population. The results were interpreted, and recommendation were suggested. The study
results showed average level of higher order thinking skills among university students.
Results also showed that mean values were agree about the practice of ICT at university
level. It was revealed that there was a significant effect of ICT on the development of HOTS
at university level. It is recommended that through training, practice and classroom
activities the students may be able to find the required information, to analyze it and to
build HOTS. Universities may recruit highly skilled technical personnel in the ICT units of
their institutions and create a consciousness in them to develop innovative ideas for better
training of student’s higher order thinking skill
Keyword :
Higher order thinking skills (HOTS), Critical Thinking, Innovative Ideas, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)