LEARNING THEORIES Ausubel's Learning Theory

1 LEARNING THEORIES Ausubel's LEARNING Theory David Paul ausubel was an American psychologist whose most significant contribution to the fields of educational psychology, cognitive science, and science education. ausubel believed that understanding concepts, principles, and ideas are achieved through deductive reasoning. Similarly, he believed in the idea of meaningful LEARNING as opposed to rote memorization. The most important single factor influencing LEARNING is what the learner already knows. This led ausubel to develop an interesting Theory of meaningful LEARNING and advance organizers.

3 2. The organizer must indicate the relations among the basic concepts and terms that will be used Ausubel’s theory of advance organizers fall into two categories: comparative and expository

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