Figure 5
The table is titled The Knowledge Dimension and is divided into five columns. The first column is labeled Facts with bullet points for names, dates, labels, symbols, terms, titles, list events, and so on. The second column is labeled Examples or Instances with bullet points for examples of concepts, examples of principles, and examples of procedures. The third column is labeled Concepts with the description any group of objects that all share some common characteristics and that are identified by the same name, such as mammals, trees, fruit, vegetables, flowers, and chairs. The fourth column is labeled Principles with the description any explanations or predictions of why things happen in the world. Principles are those cause effect relationships such as rules, phenomena, laws, hypotheses, theories, and premises. The fifth column is labeled Procedures with the description they are ordered sequences of steps necessary to accomplish a certain goal such as strategies, techniques, methods, operations, and skills.Content types of knowledge from Merrill’s (1983) perspective.