Content Analysis

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Definition: 1. a Systematic technique for separating, identifying, and arranging vocabulary (words, other symbols, tasks, movements, etc.) of the content of a lesson; discerning those parts of content learners will likely use to meet criterion for learning a lesson. b A subset of vocabulary required to fulfill the criterion for learning a lesson; components of the minimum state academic performance standards for subject matter.

2. Disassembling the problem of a lesson into it pieces, as in disassembling a picture puzzle into its pieces.

3. a List of vocabulary to solve problems correctly on tests. b Occurs as part of preparing a lesson. c Implied, if not identified, in curriculum guides.

4. Separating into parts the thread of the Triple-Helix of Learning that contains the subject matter of a lesson.

Synonyms: ACTIVE INGREDIENT OF LEARNING identifies prompts and other redundant cues to call attention to content tasks. TASK ANALYSIS gives priority to the sequence for using vocabulary once it is identified.

Comment: Content analysis and its synonyms exist as part of the vocabulary of the technical-scientific literacy of educators.Content is another word for vocabulary.

Problems that lessons solve for learners consist of vocabulary and their relationships. Assessment of whether or not a learner learns to solve a problem rests on the use by learners of relating vocabulary in ways most people use it. Content analysis consists of identifying and judging

Related Reading

  1.  Technical-Scientific Literacy of Educators (TSLE)
  2. Content of Lesson
  3. Triple-Helix of Learning (THL)