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Higher Order Skills, Job Design, and Incentives: An Analysis and Proposal.
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Hannaway, Jane – American Educational Research Journal, 1992
The current imbalance between teaching basic skills and higher order skills can be addressed by redesigning teaching into two specialized areas. Using the principal-agent model and applying ideas from organization theory, the advantages of restructuring teaching to increase emphasis on problem-solving and higher order skills are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Change