This document discusses mapping course learning outcomes. It introduces a table for mapping outcomes to different levels of learning from remembering to creating. The document also discusses the four types of knowledge - factual, conceptual, procedural, and metacognitive. Factual knowledge involves details, conceptual knowledge allows grouping of facts, procedural knowledge describes skills and techniques, and metacognitive knowledge involves using knowledge strategically. The document encourages mapping course outcomes to verify their appropriate level and distribution for the course level.

1. Mapping Course Learning
Outcomes
Leo Kusema
Quality Assurance Department
Harare Institute of Technology

2. Is the learning outcome appropriate for the
level ?
1 2 3 4 5 6
Remember Understand Apply Analyse Evaluate Create
A
B
C
D

3. The four types of knowledge
• Factual - These are the terminologies, glossaries, details and
necessary building details of any professional domain. Taking a basic
example - if you were a front-end developer, this may be writing in
HTML, CSS, React or following written structures of any other
scripting language.
• Conceptual - Recognizing the interconnectedness of facts is what
forms the body of conceptual knowledge stored in our minds.
Conceptual knowledge allows us to collect facts and ideas and group
them into clusters that represent connectivity.

4. The four types of knowledge
• Procedural : As the name suggests, procedural knowledge is the kind
that represents every task or action required to attain any given goal.
Procedural knowledge is typically stored across the continuum of time
and typically describes the specific skills or algorithms that need to be
computed to execute a more significant task.
• This type of knowledge holds techniques and micro-procedures that
can be stored in manuals, guides or other long-term storage mediums
for ease of retrieval. Over time and with a multitude of feedback
loops, procedural knowledge becomes part of our long-term memory
making us experts in the 'how-to-do XYZ' in a specific domain.

5. The four types of knowledge
• Metacognitive Knowledge: Metacognitive knowledge could be seen
as the 'mother' of all other knowledge types. It houses your ability to
use your procedural, conceptual and factual knowledge in
combination at any given time. Metacognition represents your ability
to use previously learned knowledge to plan a strategy, be self-
reflective or understand the world around you.
• When professionals acquire, store and use their metacognitive
knowledge well - they tend to expand upon their capacity to be
strategic and adaptable to the fast-paced world around them.

6. Mapping.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Remember Understand Apply Analyse Evaluate Create
A xx xx
B x
C x
D

7. Group Task
Using you Course learning outcomes complete the map :
• Is your Course an introductory, medium or higher level course?
• Do your outcomes level align with the course level?
NB : Its very rare to have evenly
distributed outcomes as learning is gradual
and cumulative.

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