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Outcome Based Education 07/06/2010http://drjj.uitm.edu.my6/7/2010 Copyright DrJJ, ASERG, FSG, UiTM. March 2010 57Kinds of knowledge: Declarative & FunctionalKnowledge, as the object of understanding at whatever level, comes in twomain kinds. Declarative, , or propositional, knowledge refers to knowing aboutthings, or ‘knowing-what’:http://drjj.uitm.edu.myknowing what the terms of an equation refer toknowing what kinds of cloud formation can be distinguishedknowing what were the important events in Shakespeare’s life.Such content knowledge accrues from research, not from personal experience. It ispublic knowledge, subject to rules of evidence that make it verifiable, replicable andlogically consistent. It is what is in libraries and textbooks and is what teachers‘declare’ in lectures. Students’ understanding of it can be tested by getting them todeclare it back, in their own words and using their own examples. Such knowledgeis basic to applications andcreations, but is separate from them.Source: Biggs & Tang (2007). “Teaching for Quality Learning at University”. Third Edition. McGraw Hill Companies.6/7/2010 Copyright DrJJ, ASERG, FSG, UiTM. March 2010 58Copyright DR JJ, ASERG, UiTM, Shah Alam 29