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Tuesday, 16 September 2025

SPM Biology 2025: My Strategy for Tackling HOTS Questions with Confidence

 Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) questions used to throw me off — until I learned how to approach them logically. This post is my personal method for decoding tricky application-based questions.

Subtopics & Answers:

  • What HOTS questions look like in Biology Usually found in Paper 2 Section B — they ask you to apply concepts to unfamiliar scenarios.

  • How I trained my brain to think critically I practiced with past-year HOTS questions and created mind maps to connect topics.

  • Examples of HOTS-style questions and how I answered them E.g., “Explain how dehydration affects kidney function” — I break it down step-by-step.

  • Common traps and how to avoid them Misreading diagrams, confusing similar terms, and skipping keywords.

  • Using real-life examples to strengthen answers I relate biology concepts to everyday situations — like how vaccines work or why we sweat.

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