subskills
Foundational competency parts
Subskills are the component abilities that make up a larger, more complex skill.
Learning to read, for example, involves subskills like letter recognition, phonemic awareness, and vocabulary acquisition.
The term appears frequently in education and training contexts, where breaking down a skill into its subskills helps teachers identify what students need to practice.
Mastering the subskills of driving—steering, braking, checking mirrors—eventually becomes automatic.
Discrete teachable skill components
- competenciesProven skill areas
- techniquesSkilled ways of doing
- fundamentalsCore elements of something
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
building blocks · prerequisites · foundations · elements · abilities · capabilities · aptitudes · proficiencies
Developing abilities through practice
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- coachingGuiding others to improve
mentoring · instruction · cultivation · nurturing · progression · advancement · improvement · apprenticeship
Breakdown into simpler parts
- granularityLevel of detail
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
sequencing · scaffolding · prerequisites · learning objectives · rubric · benchmarks · milestones · progression
microskills
Discrete teachable skill components
- competenciesProven skill areas
- techniquesSkilled ways of doing
- fundamentalsCore elements of something
basics · building blocks · prerequisites · foundations · elements · abilities · capabilities · aptitudes · proficiencies · talents
training
Developing abilities through practice
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- drillingHole-making by rotation
coaching · mentoring · instruction · cultivation · nurturing · progression · advancement · improvement · apprenticeship · mastery
decomposition
Breakdown into simpler parts
- granularityLevel of detail
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
mapping · sequencing · scaffolding · prerequisites · learning objectives · rubric · benchmarks · milestones · progression · curriculum