"Good ideas" may involve declarative or factual knowledge, as well as tacit knowledge that grows up around highly specific contexts.
Disciplinary expertise includes factual knowledge, as well as a deep understanding of the conceptual frameworks that underlie and connect these facts.
Following knowledge base creation, both practical curriculum sequences and course materials can be inserted as factual knowledge.
Phenomenological-hermeneutic interpretation should not be seen as factual knowledge, but rather be regarded as contributing to the discourse about the topic at hand [ 31].
Concern about science knowledge levels in a PBL programme is nothing new [ 21, 22] although often these fears are unfounded as factual knowledge levels between PBL and non PBL graduates have been shown to be similar [ 23, 24].
Thus, vaccination literacy has to entail, among other skills such as factual knowledge on the risks and benefits of the vaccination, a correct understanding of the scope of current vaccination policies, since these parents questioned the need for vaccinating [ 82].
Objective: To assess whether a new form of teaching, the 'donut round', is as good at imparting factual knowledge as interactive lectures in both the short-term and the long-term.
In the preface of his Principles of Philosophy, Descartes insisted upon factual knowledge as an important component of wisdom.
While problem-based learning is primarily effective in promoting skills related to clinical reasoning (Norman and Schmidt 1992), it is also capable of imparting factual knowledge as has been shown in large cohort studies (Van der Vleuten et al. 1996).
Conclusions: Donut rounds are at least as good as lectures in imparting factual knowledge and may provide a selective advantage to weaker students.
