It is very important that everyone be familiar with the terminology in order to understand the framework components. These statements underlie every content standard, performance expectation and benchmark. For each content standard, benchmarks define the expected skill or understanding that students should be able to demonstrate at various grade levels. Declarative knowledge addresses concepts. It is what students should know.
Procedural knowledge deals with skills, strategies and processes.
It is what students should be able to do. Performance indicators are written by grade level or course and there are usually multiple indicators for each benchmark. The Venn Diagram represents the curriculum process. The process operates on two levels simultaneously. The left side of the diagram is the part of the curriculum development process that deals with what is actually taught in the classroom.