7. Knowledge

Knowledge is the capability of understanding the relationship between pieces of information and what to actually do with the information.

What this means in simple terms is that you apply rules to the processed information.

Let's try to explain this by looking at our previous examples.

Example 1

Data - a list of numbers having no context

51, 77, 58, 82, 64, 70

Information - the list of numbers are student test scores

Now that some context is included, the data begins to make sense. However, further information can be obtained by carrying out some analysis of the data. For example, an average score can be worked out and then each student compared to that average.

The average of the test was 67. Student 1 did particularly badly in the test because they were so far below the average mark.

Knowledge

The class teacher applies the rule "If a score is much lower than average, then I need to discuss it with the student to see what needs to be done to improve it".