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Which of the following is an example of higher order of cognitive learning outcome?

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UGC NET 2019 Paper 1 Question Paper (5-Dec-2019) (Shift 2)
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Learning of concepts and abstractions

Cognitive learning outcomes are arranged in a hierarchy that moves from simple recall to complex, abstract mental processing. In frameworks such as Bloom's taxonomy, the lowest level is mere memorisation of facts, while the highest levels involve conceptualisation, generalisation and dealing with abstractions.

Learning of concepts and abstractions represents a higher order of cognitive learning because it requires the learner to move beyond rote memory and to organise, relate and generalise information into concepts and principles. This demands analysis, synthesis and understanding rather than simple reproduction.

The option about learning of facts and their sequences is only the lowest level (knowledge/recall) and is not higher order. Learning roles and action sequences belongs more to the psychomotor or procedural domain, not the higher cognitive domain. Learning of awareness and valuing describes outcomes of the affective (attitudinal) domain, not the cognitive domain at all. Hence the conceptual and abstract learning is the genuinely higher order cognitive outcome.

Correct answer: Learning of concepts and abstractions

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