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Another important and rather controversial part of Ausubel's theory are the **//advance organizers//**: introductory material presented "in advance of the learning material itself" and "at a higher level of abstraction, generality, and inclusiveness" than the learning material((Ausubel, 1963, p. 81)). Purpose of advance organizers is to **help replace the missing concepts** necessary for successful acquisition of new information by providing a link between the new material and the learner's established cognitive structure. Organizers help the learner realize where the new material fits in relation to the prior knowledge about the material. | Another important and rather controversial part of Ausubel's theory are the **//advance organizers//**: introductory material presented "in advance of the learning material itself" and "at a higher level of abstraction, generality, and inclusiveness" than the learning material((Ausubel, 1963, p. 81)). Purpose of advance organizers is to **help replace the missing concepts** necessary for successful acquisition of new information by providing a link between the new material and the learner's established cognitive structure. Organizers help the learner realize where the new material fits in relation to the prior knowledge about the material. | ||
- | Advance organizers should be of greater help to students with less organized cognitive structures, since organized cognitive structures already possess developed anchoring ideas. | + | Advance organizers should be of greater help to students with less organized cognitive structures, since organized cognitive structures already possess developed anchoring ideas. |
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* **Association learning theory**, **cognitive structure**, **concepts**, **subconcepts**, **hierarchy**, **anchoring**, **obliterative subsumption**, **meaningful learning**, **rote learning**, **subsumer**, **organizer** | * **Association learning theory**, **cognitive structure**, **concepts**, **subconcepts**, **hierarchy**, **anchoring**, **obliterative subsumption**, **meaningful learning**, **rote learning**, **subsumer**, **organizer** | ||
* [[http://www.davidausubel.org/|David Ausubel]] | * [[http://www.davidausubel.org/|David Ausubel]] | ||
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+ | ===== Criticisms ===== | ||
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+ | 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. | ||