Definition

The mental model people use to structure all the knowledge.

Why?

Students perform better when their knowledge organization matches the requirements of the task (alignment)

How to?

Do

• Break down experts' knowledge/core task to uncover the knowledge organizations that best support the tasks. (Ambrose et al., 2010, p. 48-49).

• Concept map activities as a formative assessment

• Use contrasting and boundary cases to highlight organizing features

• Use analogies to encourage integration of component skills

• Provide students with advanced knowledge framework to encourage information organization

• Knowledge structure can be a metacognitive learning goal.

Do NOT

• Use one organization for all tasks
  • There is no One-size-fits-all. Knowledge organization should match the task