1 udvikle på baggrund af forskning
2 mere detaljeret billede af felt
3 formidle ideer i argumenteret form
4 logisk, analytisk, abstrakt tænkning
5 hvordan skaber teori en bedre verden
6 kritisk tænkning

En undersøgelse fra the Institute of Education forsøgte at indkredse hvad de væsentligske mål for akademisk undervisning var, uanset hvilken tradition den udsprang af. De 6 punkter er en forenklet oversættelse af disse 6 punker, der er gengivet i bogen Teaching as a Design Science: Building Pedagogical Patternes for Learners af Diana Laurillard (Routledge, 2012):

The students should be able to:

1. Bring appropriate concepts and research findings to bear in developing solutions;
2. Build up a more sophisticated, differentiated picture of a particular area;
3. communicate ideas in academically acceptable forms of expression and argument;
4. develop thinking that is logical and analytic in abstracting the key elements of a problem;
5. focus on the way in which theories and models help to make sense of the real world;
6. master the types of critical thinking about evidence which will be expected of them in professional work in the field

Mere om projektet Enhancing Teaching-Learning Environments in Undergraduate Courses, 2001-2005