Question

_____ refers to information or knowledge that helps students to do something specific to a discipline, subject and area of study
1. Procedural knowledge
2. Conceptual knowledge
3. 3. Metacognitive knowledge
4. Factual knowledge

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Procedural knowledge

The Knowledge dimensions can be defined as follows: 

• Factual Knowledge is knowledge that is basic to specific disciplines. This dimension refers to essential facts, terminology, details or elements students must know or be familiar with in order to understand a discipline or solve a problem in it. Ex. Oxygen is represented by O2.
• Conceptual Knowledge is knowledge of classifications, principles, generalizations, theories, models, or structures pertinent to a particular disciplinary area. Ex: Concept of gravity.
• Procedural Knowledge refers to information or knowledge that helps students to do something specific to a discipline, subject, and area of study. It also refers to methods of inquiry, very specific or finite skills, algorithms, techniques, and particular methodologies. Ex: Dissecting the flower to study the internal parts of a flower.
• Metacognitive Knowledge is the awareness of one’s own cognition and particular cognitive processes. It is strategic or reflective knowledge about how to go about solving problems, cognitive tasks, including contextual and conditional knowledge and knowledge of self.

Hence, we conclude that the above statement is about procedural knowledge.