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- 1. involving reasoning of a high level: "higher-order cognitive skills"
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Education concept arguing that some types of learning require more cognitive processing but also have more generalized benefits
Higher-order thinking, also known as higher order thinking skills (HOTS), is a concept applied in relation to education reform and based on learning taxonomies (such as American psychologist Benjamin Bloom's taxonomy). The idea is that some types of learning require more cognitive processing than others, but also have more generalized benefits. Wikipedia