Types of knowledge
Instructional strategies
Curriculum types
100

What type of knowledge includes facts and information like dates or formulas?

What is declarative knowledge?

100

What strategy involves a teacher modeling how to think through a problem aloud?

What is a Think-Aloud?

100

What type of curriculum includes what teachers are intentionally teaching?

What is explicit curriculum?

200

What type of knowledge involves knowing how to do something, like solving a math problem?

What is procedural knowledge?

200

What is it called when students learn through exploring open-ended questions with guidance?

What is inquiry-based learning?

200

What curriculum type includes lessons taught through behavior and environment, not formal instruction?

What is the hidden (implicit) curriculum?

300

What kind of knowledge is based on experience and familiarity, like recognizing a face or song?

What is knowledge by acquaintance?

300

This strategy encourages students to attempt difficult tasks before receiving help.

What is productive struggle?

300

What do we call the content that is deliberately left out of the curriculum?

What is the null curriculum?

400

Which type of knowledge is most often emphasized in standardized tests?

What is declarative knowledge?

400

What term describes the gap between what a learner can do alone and what they can do with help?

What is the zone of proximal development?

400

What kind of curriculum includes activities like clubs, sports, and performances?

What is extracurricular curriculum?

500

Which type of knowledge might a teacher encourage by having students reflect on personal connections to a topic?

What is knowledge by acquaintance?

500

What teaching approach uses collaboration and discovery rather than lectures and memorization?

What is student-centered learning?

500

Which curriculum type might unintentionally reinforce stereotypes or bias?

What is the hidden curriculum?

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