Four Types of Knowledge

Four Types of Knowledge

1. Factual Knowledge

   • Description: The basic elements that people must know to be able to be acquainted with a field or domain of knowledge or to solve problems in it
   • Specific Knowledge Needed: Terminology, Specific Details and Elements

2. Conceptual

   • Description: The relationship between the basic elements within a larger structure so that the elements can function and be used together
   • Specific Knowledge Needed: Classifications and Categories; Principals and Generalisations; Theories, Models and Structures

3. Procedual

   • Description: How to do something: criteria for using skills and techniques; methods
   • Specific Knowledge Needed: Specific Skills, Techniques, and Methods; Criteria for Deciding when to use Appropriate Procedures

4. Metacognitive

   • Description: Knowledge of cognition in general as well as awareness and knowledge of one's own cognition
   • Specific Knowledge Needed: Strategic Knowledge; Knowledge about cognitive tasks, including appropriate contextual and conditional knowledge; Self-knowledge