Advance organizers are materials presented before new information to connect general knowledge and add meaning. They were developed by David Ausubel based on his subsumption theory of relating general, abstract concepts to new concepts. There are four main types: expository using unfamiliar, abstract material; comparative using familiar material and prior knowledge through comparison and contrast; narrative for skimming information; and nonlinguistic using non-verbal representation.

1. Advance Organizers Bethany Johnston Instructional Techniques

4. Advanced Organizers Expository Comparative Narrative Skimming for Information Nonlinguistic Representation

8. “ Why yes Otis! That is a lovely advance organizer about frog dissection.