TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of smart pedagogy to facilitate the high order thinking skills of students and to provide the design suggestion of curriculum and intelligent tutoring systems in smart education.Design/methodology/approach A smart pedagogy framework was designed. The quasi-experiment was conducted in a junior high school. The experimental class used the smart pedagogy and smart learning environment. The control class adopted conventional teaching strategies. The math test scores of these two classes were compared to verify the effectiveness of smart pedagogy.Findings The smart pedagogy framework contains three sections including the situated learning (S), mastery learning (M), adaptive learning (A), reflective learning (R) and thinking tools (T) (SMART) key elements model, the curriculum design method and detailed teaching strategy. The SMART key elements model integrates the situated learning, mastery learning, adaptive learning, reflective learning and thinking tools to facilitate the high order thinking. The curriculum design method of smart pedagogy combines the first five principles of instruction and the SMART key elements model to design the curriculum. The detailed teaching strategies of smart pedagogy contain kinds of innovative learning methods. The results of the quasi-experiment proved that the learning outcome was significantly promoted by using smart pedagogy.Originality/value This research investigates a general framework that can be used to cultivate the high order thinking skills in different subjects and grades was one of the first to introduce high order thinking skills into smart education. The framework of smart pedagogy was innovative and effect in practice. VL - 17 IS - 3 SN - 1741-5659 DO - 10.1108/ITSE-11-2019-0076 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/ITSE-11-2019-0076 AU - Meng Qingquan AU - Jia Jiyou AU - Zhang Zhiyong PY - 2020 Y1 - 2020/01/01 TI - A framework of smart pedagogy based on the facilitating of high order thinking skills T2 - Interactive Technology and Smart Education PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 251 EP - 266 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -