Procedure Using 5. Principle Using 6. Generic Skills 8. Copyright 1999 by Charles M. Reigeluth. Particulars are single, unique cases, often referred to as referents, examples or instances.
Generalities are statements which apply to more than one particular.
Kinds of Knowledge Things. Generalities of things are what we usually call definitions of concepts. Particulars of changes are instances of procedures and principles, and include specific events, like the evaporation of a puddle on my driveway last Sunday, the growing of a particular flower from a seed in front of my neighbor's house, and my son's writing of an essay last Tuesday night. Generalities of changes are what we usually call statements of principles and procedures. Concepts and facts represent knowledge of things, and principles and procedures represent knowledge of changes.