Scaling-up of higher-order cognitive skills-oriented college chemistry teaching: An action-oriented research

A major objective of the current reform in science and chemistry education is the development of students' higher-order cognitive skills (HOCS). A major question of concern is how to improve practice, via appropriate teaching strategies, to achieve the HOCS-oriented instruction-learning goals of college science and chemistry education, within the current reality of large, heavily populated chemistry classes. This article presents an...