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| As a result of a successful meaningful learning, the **new idea will remain anchored to a so called subsumer**. That of course doesn't mean that the learned idea can't be forgotten: this process, referred to as //obliterative subsumption//, happens as more specific idea becomes less and less distinctive from its subsumer until it is finally said to be forgotten. | As a result of a successful meaningful learning, the **new idea will remain anchored to a so called subsumer**. That of course doesn't mean that the learned idea can't be forgotten: this process, referred to as //obliterative subsumption//, happens as more specific idea becomes less and less distinctive from its subsumer until it is finally said to be forgotten. | ||
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| - | {{ images:ausubel.jpg?630x320|A visual representation of Ausubels theory. image borrowed from: http://cmapspublic2.ihmc.us/... Click on the picture to follow the link. }} | ||
| Another important and rather controversial part of Ausubel's theory are //organizers//: **abstract ideas on a higher level than the content that will be presented for learning**, purpose of which is to **help replace the missing concepts** necessary for successful acquisition of new information. **Organizers** should be of greater help to students with less organized cognitive structures, since organized cognitive structures already possess quality anchoring ideas. Critics of Ausubel's theory often reflect the fact that he doesn't describe construction of organizers so different researches provide different results of their efficiency. | Another important and rather controversial part of Ausubel's theory are //organizers//: **abstract ideas on a higher level than the content that will be presented for learning**, purpose of which is to **help replace the missing concepts** necessary for successful acquisition of new information. **Organizers** should be of greater help to students with less organized cognitive structures, since organized cognitive structures already possess quality anchoring ideas. Critics of Ausubel's theory often reflect the fact that he doesn't describe construction of organizers so different researches provide different results of their efficiency. | ||
| - | A visual representation of Ausubels theory can be found [[http://cmapspublic2.ihmc.us/rid=1094487285248_442176581_5443/Ausubel%27s%20theory.cmap|here]]. | + | {{ images:ausubel.jpg?620x350 | A visual representation of Ausubels theory. Image borrowed from: http://cmapspublic2.ihmc.us/... Click on the picture to follow the link. }} |
| ===== What is the practical meaning of assimilation theory? ===== | ===== What is the practical meaning of assimilation theory? ===== | ||
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