Knowledge is an uncountable noun, so it is never used in the plural:
✗ Students don’t understand how to use these knowledges in real life.
✓ Students don’t understand how to use this knowledge in real life.
Knowledge is sometimes used with a, but only in the pattern a knowledge of something (or a good/deep/thorough etc knowledge of something):
✗ Students don’t understand how to use these knowledges in real life.
✓ Students don’t understand how to use this knowledge in real life.
Knowledge is sometimes used with a, but only in the pattern a knowledge of something (or a good/deep/thorough etc knowledge of something):