Pedagogical Requirements For The Development Of Higher-Order Cognitive Competencies In The Higher-Education Context

The reason we chose the development of cognitive competencies in learners rests on the scale of cognitive operations learners perform in their academic studies. Comparatively, more concentration on learners’ standardized achievements in tests raises the question of how deeply it is reflected in their cognitive development. The second question derived from this is whether learners’ academic output corresponds to the academic learning requirements. It is necessary to emphasize that the improvement of learners’ standardized achievements in tests is often the result of building up subject competencies rather than cognitive skills in learners . This, in turn, means that the main concentration in academic institutions lies on the improvement of the subject knowledge, underestimating the formation and development of refined intelligence.