Research and theory in cognitive science have shown that there
may be several kinds of knowledge. four major categories of
knowledge based on a taxonomy of learning outcomes (Anderson et
al., 2001):
1. FACTUAL, 2. CONCEPTUAL, 3.PROCEDURAL,AND 4.METACOGNITIVE.
The first two types factual and conceptual, constitute knowledge
of what,and the last two type, procedural and metacognitive
constitute knowledge of how to. Similarly, factual and procedural
knowledge constitute low level knowledge whereas conceptual and
metacognitive constitute high level knowledge.
Factual knowledge consists of the basic elements students must
know to be acquainted with a discipline or solve problems in it.
It includes knowledge of terminology and specific facts. For
example, within an adventure game, students may learn that China
is in Asia, or from the instructions of a game, students may
learn that start-up disk refers to a 3.5-inch square disk that
fits in a disk drive. /Subtype/ Examples Factual Knowledge
-discrete, isolated content elements Knowledge of terminology
Technical vocabulary Knowledge of specific details and elements
Ten biggest cities in the world
Conceptual knowledge consists of the interrelations among the
basic elements within a larger structure than enable them to
function together(Anderson et al., 2001, p. 29). It includes
knowledge of categories, principles, and models. For example,
students may learn principles such as add s to make a noun plural
from a word game, or students may form a mental model of how a
word process or works.
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