Practices, Challenges and Implications of Teaching and Assessment of Cognitive Skills in Higher Educatio

Abstract

The key research questions of the study were to check understanding, practices and challenges in teaching and assessment of higher order thinking skills to students enrolled in pre-service teacher education program. Sequential mixed method design was applied to collect quantitative and qualitative data with the help of structured questionnaire scale and semi-structured interview. Descriptive statistics were applied by calculating percentages and means; and thematic analysis was carried
out by open coding, axial coding, analytical coding and selective coding.