Physics · Science Pedagogy

A science teacher is planning a lesson on the water cycle. She considers not only the facts about evaporation, condensation, and precipitation but also how students understand these processes in different contexts, such as in their local environment or during different seasons. She reflects on which concepts may be difficult, how to connect them to prior knowledge, and what strategies will help students reason and solve problems. The teacher aims to guide students to think about how and why phenomena occur, not just memorize facts. In teaching science, knowledge about cognitive tasks, including appropriate contextual and conditional knowledge, falls under which category of knowledge?