The word taxonomy simply means a classification. In this video, we learn how knowledge is classified in two groups. Which ones? What type of memories do each knowledge include? How are the different types of knowledge similar or different? Find the answers in the video Don’t forget to take notes in your reflective notebook. These can serve as an “extended” long-term memory.
Test your knowledge
The following statements represent either declarative or procedural knowledge. Which one is which?
Example:
Knowing that a car has four tires (declarative knowledge)
Knowing how to change the tires on a car (procedural knowledge)
- Knowing how to calculate the length of a missing side of a triangle.
- Knowing that an equilateral triangle has 3 equal sides and equal angles.
- Knowing that an amoeba is a single-cell organism.
- Knowing how to focus a microscope correctly.