Decision-Based Learning and Knowledge Types

D
ECISION
-B
ASED
 L
EARNING
DEVELOPED
 
AT
 B
RIGHAM
 Y
OUNG
 U
NIVERSITY
 
W
HAT
 
IS
 D
ECISION
-B
ASED
 L
EARNING
?
 
Decision-based Learning is an approach to teaching and learning where
students learn concepts and procedures of a discipline as they are
introduced to a series of decisions experts make to solve real-world
problems.
 
These decisions are interconnected forming a decision map.  Students
practice using the decision map as they solve hundreds of problems until
they internalize the map.
 
They are taught the concepts and procedures necessary to making each
decision along the way.
M
ANY
 T
YPES
 
OF
 K
NOWLEDGE
M
ANY
 T
YPES
 
OF
 K
NOWLEDGE
Knowledge Types targeted with
Decision-Based Learning
 
 
1.
Conceptual Knowledge
     
The “What” and “Why”
2.
Procedural Knowledge
     
The “How to”
W
E
 
INTRODUCE
 
A
 
THIRD
 
AND
 
LESSER
 
KNOWN
 
KNOWLEDGE
 
TYPE
:
 
T
HREE
 
KNOWLEDGE
 
TYPES
1.   Conceptual Knowledge
  
The “What” and “Why”  
       
  
2.   Procedural Knowledge
  
The “How to” 
 
3.   Conditional Knowledge
  
The “When” and “Under what conditions”
           
Other names for conditional knowledge
Functional, Reasoning, & Qualitative Knowledge
A
N
 E
XAMPLE
 
OF
 C
ONDITIONAL
 K
NOWLEDGE
 
IN
 O
PERATION
 
Note – conditional knowledge is optimally developed with a Problem-Based
Learning approach
Descriptive
Inferential
Relationships
Difference
Independence
Parametric
Non-parametric
 Goodness of Fit
Basic Statistics Problem
You have been asked to determine if
older drivers drive on average faster
than younger drivers.
Samples:  Older 33, Younger 38
Distributions:  Both Skewed
1 Dependent Variable
2+ Dependent Variables
0
 Independent Variables
1 Ind
ependent Variables
2+ Ind
ependent Variables
2 levels
3+ levels
Independent
Samples
t-test
One-Way
ANOVA
Factorial
ANOVA
Decide 
if the problem is 
inferential
 or 
descriptive 
in nature
Decide 
if the problem deals with 
difference
, 
relationship
,
independence,
 or 
g
oodness of Fit
Decide 
if a 
parametric
 
or a 
non-parametric
 method  should be used
Decide 
if one or two or more 
dependent variables 
are present
Decide if zero, one, or two or more independent variables are present
Decide if two, or three or more 
levels
 are present
Just in time/Just
Enough Instruction
Just in time/Just
Enough Instruction
Just in time/Just
Enough Instruction
Just in time/Just
Enough Instruction
Just in time/Just
Enough Instruction
Just in time/Just
Enough Instruction
Students See key word(s)
And make their choice
And make their choice
Students See key word(s)
Students See key word(s)
And make their choice
Students See key word(s)
And make their choice
Students See key word(s)
And make their choice
Students See key word(s)
And make their choice
 
 
Let’s change the problem slightly
Descriptive
Inferential
Relationships
Difference
Independence
Parametric
Non-parametric
 Goodness of Fit
Basic Statistics Problem
You have been asked to determine if
older drivers drive on average faster
than younger drivers.
Samples:  Older 33, Younger 38
Distributions:  Both Skewed
1 Dependent Variable
2+ Dependent Variables
0
 Independent Variables
1 Ind
ependent Variables
2+ Ind
ependent Variables
2 levels
3+ levels
Independent
Samples
t-test
One-Way
ANOVA
Factorial
ANOVA
Decide 
if the problem is 
inferential
 or 
descriptive 
in nature
Decide 
if the problem deals with 
difference
, 
relationship
,
independence,
 or 
g
oodness of Fit
Decide 
if a 
parametric
 
or a 
non-parametric
 method  should be used
Decide 
if one or two or more 
dependent variables 
are present
Decide if zero, one, or two or more independent variables are present
Decide if two, or three or more 
levels
 are present
Descriptive
Inferential
Relationships
Difference
Independence
Parametric
Non-parametric
 Goodness of Fit
1 Dependent Variable
2+ Dependent Variables
0
 Independent Variables
1 Ind
ependent Variables
2+ Ind
ependent Variables
2 levels
3+ levels
Independent
Samples
t-test
One-Way
ANOVA
Factorial
ANOVA
Decide 
if the problem is 
inferential
 or 
descriptive 
in nature
Decide 
if the problem deals with 
difference
, 
relationship
,
independence,
 or 
goodness of Fit
Decide 
if a parametric 
or a non-parametric method  should be used
Decide 
if one or two or more dependent variables are present
Decide if zero, one, or two or more independent variables are present
Decide if two, or three or more levels are present
Independent
Samples
t-test
Basic Statistics Problem
You have been asked to determine who
drives faster on average younger,
middle age, or senior citizens.
Samples:  young 33, mid 38, sen 43
Distributions:  All normal
Descriptive
Inferential
Relationships
Difference
Independence
Parametric
Non-parametric
 Goodness of Fit
Basic Statistics Problem
You have been asked to determine who
drives faster on average younger or
older drivers.  Determine also if car
type (new or old)  has an effect on
driving speed.
Samples: Younger / new car = 34
Younger / old car = 55
Older / new car = 23
Older / old car = 32
Distributions:  All normal
1 Dependent Variable
2+ Dependent Variables
0
 Independent Variables
1 Ind
ependent Variables
2+ Ind
ependent Variables
2 levels
3+ levels
Independent
Samples
t-test
One-Way
ANOVA
Factorial
ANOVA
Decide 
if the problem is 
inferential
 or 
descriptive 
in nature
Decide 
if the problem deals with 
difference
, 
relationship
,
independence,
 or 
goodness of Fit
Decide 
if a parametric 
or a non-parametric method  should be used
Decide 
if one or two or more dependent variables are present
Decide if zero, one, or two or more independent variables are present
Decide if two, or three or more levels are present
Independent
Samples
t-test
T
HE
 E
NTIRE
 E
XPERT
 D
ECISION
 M
ODEL
I
T
S
 
NOT
 
JUST
 
FOR
 
STATISTICS
, 
BUT
 
FOR
 
OTHER
 
DISCIPLINES
 
LIKE
THE
 A
RTS
 
Decide 
what philosophical 
movement
 is evident in this piece of art
Decide 
what romantic 
themes
 are evident
Realism
Romanticism
Post-Modernism
Democracy
Power
Individuality
Vanguardism
Decide 
how that power is 
depicted
Metaphorically
Allegorically
 Other
Liberty
Describe this art to
a layperson using
relevant concepts
you’ve learned
Just in time/Just
Enough Instruction
Just in time/Just
Enough Instruction
Just in time/Just
Enough Instruction
I
N
 T
ERMS
 
OF
 S
EQUENCE
 
WE
 T
EACH
 C
ONDITIONAL
 K
NOWLEDGE
F
IRST
 U
SING
 
A
 P
ROBLEM
 B
ASED
 A
PPROACH
 
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N
C
E
 
S
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Explain their decision-making
choices drawing upon deeper
concepts
(Conceptual Knowledge)
Solve problems using specific
methods, techniques, or
equations
(Procedural Knowledge)
W
ITH
 T
HOUSANDS
 
OF
 H
OURS
 
OF
 D
ELIBERATE
 
PRACTICE
 
THESE
K
NOWLEDGE
 T
YPES
 B
ECOME
 I
NTERMESHED
Conditiona
l
Knowledge
Procedural
Knowledge
Expert
Knowledg
e
Conceptu
al
Knowledge
W
ITH
 T
HOUSANDS
 
OF
 H
OURS
 
OF
 D
ELIBERATE
 
PRACTICE
 
THESE
K
NOWLEDGE
 T
YPES
 B
ECOME
 I
NTERMESHED
Conditiona
l
Knowledge
Procedural
Knowledge
Expert
Knowledg
e
Conceptu
al
Knowledge
W
ITH
 T
HOUSANDS
 
OF
 H
OURS
 
OF
 D
ELIBERATE
 
PRACTICE
 
THESE
K
NOWLEDGE
 T
YPES
 B
ECOME
 I
NTERMESHED
Conditiona
l
Knowledge
Procedural
Knowledge
Expert
Knowledg
e
Conceptu
al
Knowledge
W
ITH
 T
HOUSANDS
 
OF
 H
OURS
 
OF
 D
ELIBERATE
 
PRACTICE
 
THESE
K
NOWLEDGE
 T
YPES
 B
ECOME
 I
NTERMESHED
Conditiona
l
Knowledge
Procedural
Knowledge
Expert
Knowledg
e
Conceptu
al
Knowledge
W
ITH
 T
HOUSANDS
 
OF
 H
OURS
 
OF
 D
ELIBERATE
 
PRACTICE
 
THESE
K
NOWLEDGE
 T
YPES
 B
ECOME
 I
NTERMESHED
Expert
Knowled
ge
S
TUDENT
 R
ESPONSES
 
“It doesn't feel like a new or weird approach. The way that everything goes together makes a lot of sense and I
like being able to see the big picture from the beginning. I am feeling really confident about my knowledge of
the material.”
 
“It is very helpful for me....I walk away from class excited because I feel like I can actually do/understand what
we are learning. I like having practice problems in class, because at first I am stressed, but then we do the
practice and I gain feedback and confidence.”
 
“It has been very helpful. There is a lot of repetition of the concepts that helps me remember them. I have
confidence that I could identify the correct tool for the job given a research problem.”
 
“I think it's very useful and quite practical to be honest. I've taken previous stats classes and it's been easy to
understand how to compute the statistics, but I always forget when to apply them.”
 
“The paradigm shift required to think more conditionally rather than conceptually. Most things in the world
aren't presented this way (but they should).”
S
OFTWARE
 
THAT
 
SUPPORTS
 
THIS
 
APPROACH
https://decisionpath.byu.edu/stats/
I
F
 
YOU
 
HAVE
 Q
UESTIONS
 
OR
 
WOULD
 
LIKE
 
MORE
 
INFORMATION
Contact
Ken Plummer at 
ken_plummer@byu.edu
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Decision-based Learning is an innovative approach where students learn through solving real-world problems and making interconnected decisions. This method helps in internalizing decision maps and understanding various types of knowledge like conceptual, procedural, and conditional. Conditional knowledge, a lesser-known type, is optimally developed through Problem-Based Learning.

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  1. DECISION-BASED LEARNING DEVELOPED AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

  2. WHAT IS DECISION-BASED LEARNING? Decision-based Learning is an approach to teaching and learning where students learn concepts and procedures of a discipline as they are introduced to a series of decisions experts make to solve real-world problems. These decisions are interconnected forming a decision map. Students practice using the decision map as they solve hundreds of problems until they internalize the map. They are taught the concepts and procedures necessary to making each decision along the way.

  3. MANY TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE Affective Knowledge Automated Knowledge Conceptual Knowledge Semantic Knowledge Domain Knowledge Empirical Knowledge Episodic Knowledge Explicit Knowledge Functional Knowledge Procedural Knowledge Narrative Knowledge Prior Knowledge Metacognitive Knowledge Propositional Knowledge Psychomotor Knowledge Rationale Knowledge Conditional Knowledge Situational Knowledge Social Knowledge Strategic Knowledge Tacit Knowledge

  4. MANY TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE Conceptual Knowledge Procedural Knowledge Conditional Knowledge Knowledge Types targeted with Decision-Based Learning

  5. 1. Conceptual Knowledge The What and Why 2. Procedural Knowledge The How to

  6. WEINTRODUCEATHIRDANDLESSERKNOWNKNOWLEDGETYPE:

  7. THREEKNOWLEDGETYPES 1. Conceptual Knowledge The What and Why 2. Procedural Knowledge The How to 3. Conditional Knowledge The When and Under what conditions Other names for conditional knowledge Functional, Reasoning, & Qualitative Knowledge

  8. AN EXAMPLEOF CONDITIONAL KNOWLEDGEIN OPERATION Note conditional knowledge is optimally developed with a Problem-Based Learning approach

  9. Basic Statistics Problem You have been asked to determine if older drivers drive on average faster than younger drivers. Decide if the problem is inferential or descriptive in nature Just in time/Just Enough Instruction Inferential Descriptive And make their choice Students See key word(s) And make their choice Decide if the problem deals with difference, relationship, independence, or goodness of Fit Just in time/Just Enough Instruction Samples: Older 33, Younger 38 Distributions: Both Skewed Students See key word(s) Students See key word(s) Relationships Students See key word(s) Difference Goodness of Fit Independence And make their choice And make their choice Decide if a parametric or a non-parametric method should be used Just in time/Just Enough Instruction Students See key word(s) Parametric Non-parametric And make their choice Decide if one or two or more dependent variables are present Just in time/Just Enough Instruction Students See key word(s) And make their choice 1 Dependent Variable 2+ Dependent Variables Decide if zero, one, or two or more independent variables are present Just in time/Just 1 Independent Variables Enough Instruction 0 Independent Variables 2+ Independent Variables Decide if two, or three or more levels are present Just in time/Just Enough Instruction 2 levels 3+ levels Independent Samples t-test One-Way ANOVA Factorial ANOVA

  10. Lets change the problem slightly

  11. Basic Statistics Problem You have been asked to determine if older drivers drive on average faster than younger drivers. Decide if the problem is inferential or descriptive in nature Inferential Descriptive Decide if the problem deals with difference, relationship, independence, or goodness of Fit Samples: Older 33, Younger 38 Distributions: Both Skewed Relationships Difference Goodness of Fit Independence Decide if a parametric or a non-parametric method should be used Parametric Non-parametric Decide if one or two or more dependent variables are present 1 Dependent Variable 2+ Dependent Variables Decide if zero, one, or two or more independent variables are present 1 Independent Variables 0 Independent Variables 2+ Independent Variables Decide if two, or three or more levels are present 2 levels 3+ levels Independent Samples t-test One-Way ANOVA Factorial ANOVA

  12. Basic Statistics Problem You have been asked to determine who drives faster on average younger, middle age, or senior citizens. Decide if the problem is inferential or descriptive in nature Inferential Descriptive Decide if the problem deals with difference, relationship, independence, or goodness of Fit Samples: young 33, mid 38, sen 43 Distributions: All normal Relationships Difference Goodness of Fit Independence Decide if a parametric or a non-parametric method should be used Parametric Non-parametric Decide if one or two or more dependent variables are present 1 Dependent Variable 2+ Dependent Variables Decide if zero, one, or two or more independent variables are present 1 Independent Variables 0 Independent Variables 2+ Independent Variables Decide if two, or three or more levels are present 2 levels 3+ levels Independent Samples t-test t-test Independent Samples One-Way ANOVA Factorial ANOVA

  13. Basic Statistics Problem You have been asked to determine who drives faster on average younger or older drivers. Determine also if car type (new or old) has an effect on driving speed. Decide if the problem is inferential or descriptive in nature Inferential Descriptive Decide if the problem deals with difference, relationship, independence, or goodness of Fit Samples: Younger / new car = 34 Younger / old car = 55 Older / new car = 23 Older / old car = 32 Distributions: All normal Relationships Difference Goodness of Fit Independence Decide if a parametric or a non-parametric method should be used Parametric Non-parametric Decide if one or two or more dependent variables are present 1 Dependent Variable 2+ Dependent Variables Decide if zero, one, or two or more independent variables are present 1 Independent Variables 0 Independent Variables 2+ Independent Variables Decide if two, or three or more levels are present 2 levels 3+ levels Independent Samples t-test t-test Independent Samples One-Way ANOVA Factorial ANOVA

  14. THE ENTIRE EXPERT DECISION MODEL

  15. ITSNOTJUSTFORSTATISTICS, BUTFOROTHERDISCIPLINESLIKE THE ARTS

  16. Decide what philosophical movement is evident in this piece of art Just in time/Just Enough Instruction Romanticism Realism Post-Modernism Vanguardism Decide what romantic themes are evident Just in time/Just Enough Instruction Power Liberty Individuality Democracy Decide how that power is depicted Just in time/Just Enough Instruction Allegorically Other Metaphorically Describe this art to a layperson using relevant concepts you ve learned

  17. IN TERMSOF SEQUENCEWE TEACH CONDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE FIRST USINGA PROBLEM BASED APPROACH

  18. ONCE STUDENTS MASTERTHE EXPERT DECISION MODEL THEY ARETHENGIVENPROBLEMSTHATREQUIRETHEMTOBOTH BOTH Solve problems using specific methods, techniques, or equations (Procedural Knowledge) Explain their decision-making choices drawing upon deeper concepts (Conceptual Knowledge)

  19. WITH THOUSANDSOF HOURSOF DELIBERATEPRACTICETHESE KNOWLEDGE TYPES BECOME INTERMESHED Conceptu al Knowledge Expert Knowledg e Conditiona l Knowledge Procedural Knowledge

  20. WITH THOUSANDSOF HOURSOF DELIBERATEPRACTICETHESE KNOWLEDGE TYPES BECOME INTERMESHED Conceptu al Knowledge Expert Knowledg e Conditiona l Knowledge Procedural Knowledge

  21. WITH THOUSANDSOF HOURSOF DELIBERATEPRACTICETHESE KNOWLEDGE TYPES BECOME INTERMESHED Conceptu al Knowledge Expert Knowledg e Conditiona l Knowledge Procedural Knowledge

  22. WITH THOUSANDSOF HOURSOF DELIBERATEPRACTICETHESE KNOWLEDGE TYPES BECOME INTERMESHED Conceptu al Knowledge Expert Knowledg e Conditiona l Knowledge Procedural Knowledge

  23. WITH THOUSANDSOF HOURSOF DELIBERATEPRACTICETHESE KNOWLEDGE TYPES BECOME INTERMESHED Expert Knowled ge

  24. STUDENT RESPONSES It doesn't feel like a new or weird approach. The way that everything goes together makes a lot of sense and I like being able to see the big picture from the beginning. I am feeling really confident about my knowledge of the material. It is very helpful for me....I walk away from class excited because I feel like I can actually do/understand what we are learning. I like having practice problems in class, because at first I am stressed, but then we do the practice and I gain feedback and confidence. It has been very helpful. There is a lot of repetition of the concepts that helps me remember them. I have confidence that I could identify the correct tool for the job given a research problem. I think it's very useful and quite practical to be honest. I've taken previous stats classes and it's been easy to understand how to compute the statistics, but I always forget when to apply them. The paradigm shift required to think more conditionally rather than conceptually. Most things in the world aren't presented this way (but they should).

  25. SOFTWARETHATSUPPORTSTHISAPPROACH https://decisionpath.byu.edu/stats/

  26. IFYOUHAVE QUESTIONSORWOULDLIKEMOREINFORMATION Contact Ken Plummer at ken_plummer@byu.edu

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