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learning_theories:assimilation_theory [2011/05/05 10:11]
jpetrovic [General]
learning_theories:assimilation_theory [2011/05/05 10:14]
jpetrovic [What is assimilation theory?]
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 The cognitive structure, if well organized, enables faster learning in terms of adding new ideas and structures to it and therefore is the key aspect of learning. If cognitive structure is unorganized or badly connected, the acquisition of new information will be more difficult. The cognitive structure, if well organized, enables faster learning in terms of adding new ideas and structures to it and therefore is the key aspect of learning. If cognitive structure is unorganized or badly connected, the acquisition of new information will be more difficult.
  
-**Knowledge** is in assimilation theory organized hierarchically in a **pyramidal shape** where more general ideas and concepts appear at the top of the pyramid and get more and more specific to the bottom of it. New **knowledge is assimilated** in this hierarchy **by anchoring** to already existing more general concepts. The closer to the top of the pyramid an idea is, the more general it is and the longer is its life time.+**Knowledge** is in assimilation theory organized hierarchically in a pyramidal shape where more general ideas and concepts appear at the top of the pyramid and get more and more specific to the bottom of it. New knowledge is **assimilated** in this hierarchy ​by **anchoring** to already existing more general concepts. The closer to the top of the pyramid an idea is, the more general it is and the longer is its life time.
  
 Ausubel distinguishes between //​meaningful//​ and //rote learning//. Ausubel distinguishes between //​meaningful//​ and //rote learning//.
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