AUSUBELS-MEANINGFUL-VERBAL-THEORY

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AUSUBEL’S
MEANINGFUL
VERBAL THEORY

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David Ausubel was an
American psychologist who is
widely known for his work on
meaningful verbal learning and
subsumption theories.
He believed that the most
important factor in meaningful
learning is the learner's prior
knowledge and experiences.
INTRODUCTION
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MEANINGFUL
VERBAL THEORY
- a cognitive learning theory that
focuses on the idea that meaningful
learning occurs when new
information is related to the
existing knowledge in the learner's
mind.
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MEANINGFUL
VERBAL THEORY
- meaningful learning is more
effective than rote learning or
memorization, because it allows
learners to integrate new
information into their existing
knowledge structures, which
leads to better understanding
and retention of the information.
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VERBAL THEORY
For example, a student who
has prior knowledge of basic
algebra concepts may have a
knowledge structure related to
algebra that can be used to
learn more advanced algebra
concepts.
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MEANINGFUL RECEPTION
OF INFORMATION
- occurs when a learner
successfully attached this
new information to their
existing knowledge.
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LEARNER’S COGNITIVE
STRUCTURE
- an important factor
influencing learning. It pertains to
the learner’s present knowledge
including facts, concepts,
propositions, theories and raw
perceptual data that the learner has
available at any point in time.
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USE OF ADVANCE
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
- learner’s cognitive structure
should be strengthened through the
use of advance organizers to allow
students to already have a bird’s
eye view or to see the “big picture”
of the topic to be learned.
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SUBSUMPTION
- whenever the learner’s cognitive
structure is successfully
strengthened, acquisition and
retention of new information is
facilitated. This process is called
“subsumption”, in which new
material is related to relevant ideas
in the existing cognitive structure.
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MEANINGFUL LEARNING
PROCESSES
1. Derivative Subsumption
2. Correlative Subsumption
3. Superordinate Learning
4. Combinatorial Learning
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DERIVATIVE SUBSUMPTION
• Describe the situation in which
the new information you learn is
an example of a concept that
you have already learned.
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CORRELATIVE SUBSUMPTION
• Occurs when you add new
details to what you already
know.
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SUPERORDINATE LEARNING
• You are already familiar with
the things but didn’t know
the concept itself until it was
taught
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COMBINATORIAL LEARNING
• When the newly acquired
knowledge combines with prior
knowledge to enrich the
understanding of both
concepts.
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MEANINGFUL
VERBAL THEORY
Ausubel contributed much
to the theoretical body of
cognitive learning theory
and his most notable
contribution for classroom
application was the
advance organizers.
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ADVANCE
ORGANIZERS
- a text or presentation at a
higher level of generality,
inclusiveness and
abstraction presented
before the learning event
and which forms a
conceptual framework for
learning the new
information.
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ADVANCE
ORGANIZERS
- Used to introduce the topic
of the lesson and to
illustrate the relationship
between what you are about
to learn and the information
you have already learned.
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ADVANCE
ORGANIZERS
- Graphical organizers
teachers usually use to
explain answers to the
students to know more
about a certain topic.
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TYPES OF ADVANCE ORGANIZERS
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1. Expository – describes the new content
2.Narrative – presents the new information in form
of story to students.
3.Skimming – done by looking over the material to
gain a basic overview.
4.Graphic organizer – visual to set up or outline
the new information.

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EXAMPLES OF ADVANCE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

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