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-Assimilation theory (sometimes referred to as //​subsumption theory// or //theory of advance organizers//​) is one of the [[learning_paradigms:​cognitivism#​learning_theories|cognitivist learning theories]] developed by an American educational psychologist [[http://​www.davidausubel.org/​|David ​ Ausubel]] during the 1960s. Ausubel was a cognitivist(([[http://​books.google.hr/​books?​id=nNcoAO5Za9YC|Leonard,​ David C. Learning theories, A to Z. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.]]))(([[http://​books.google.hr/​books?​id=hQD2p7DvpqAC|Royer,​ James M. The cognitive revolution in educational psychology. IAP, 2005.]])) inspired by works of [[http://​www.piaget.org/​aboutPiaget.html|Jean Piaget]] (see: [[learning_theories:​Stage Theory of Cognitive Development]]) and considered at the time still influential [[learning_paradigms:​behaviorism&#​behaviorist_learning_theories|neo-behaviorist theories]] inadequate(([[http://​www.lifecircles-inc.com/​Learningtheories/​constructivism/​ausubel.html|Cooper,​ S. Theories of Learning in Educational Psychology: David Ausubel. Meaningful Verbal Learning & Subsumption Theory.]])). ​Learning, according to Ausubel'​s ​theory, occurs through **development** ​of **new cognitive structures** that will hold newly acquired informationCognitive structure is +Assimilation theory (sometimes referred to as //​subsumption theory// or //theory of advance organizers//​) is one of the [[learning_paradigms:​cognitivism#​learning_theories|cognitivist learning theories]] developed by an American educational psychologist [[http://​www.davidausubel.org/​|David ​ Ausubel]] during the 1960s. Ausubel was a cognitivist(([[http://​books.google.hr/​books?​id=nNcoAO5Za9YC|Leonard,​ David C. Learning theories, A to Z. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.]]))(([[http://​books.google.hr/​books?​id=hQD2p7DvpqAC|Royer,​ James M. The cognitive revolution in educational psychology. IAP, 2005.]])) inspired by works of [[http://​www.piaget.org/​aboutPiaget.html|Jean Piaget]] (see: [[learning_theories:​Stage Theory of Cognitive Development]]) and considered at the time still influential [[learning_paradigms:​behaviorism&#​behaviorist_learning_theories|neo-behaviorist theories]] inadequate(([[http://​www.lifecircles-inc.com/​Learningtheories/​constructivism/​ausubel.html|Cooper,​ S. Theories of Learning in Educational Psychology: David Ausubel. Meaningful Verbal Learning & Subsumption Theory.]])). Ausubel ​is concerned with developing a theory of meaningful verbal reception learning and related methods which will facilitate classroom learning(([[http://​ir.lib.sfu.ca/bitstream/1892/5643/1/b12748419.pdf|RossnerVivian FA description ​and critique ​of David PAusubel’s model of learning. Thesis (M.A. (Ed.))Simon Fraser University1982.]])).
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-  * "//hierarchically organized in terms of **highly inclusive concepts** under which are **subsumed less inclusive subconcepts** and informational data//".((Ausubel, Robbins& BlakeRetroactive inhibition ​and facilitation in the learning ​of school materialsJournal ​of Educational Psychology48p267, 1957.))+
  
  
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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. Ausubel'​s theory is also in most of its claims quite opposite of [[http://​www.psych.nyu.edu/​bruner/​|Jerome Bruner]]'​s [[instructional_design:​discovery learning]]. ​+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(([[http://​ir.lib.sfu.ca/​bitstream/​1892/​5643/​1/​b12748419.pdf|Rossner,​ Vivian F. A description and critique of David P. Ausubel’s model of learning. Thesis (M.A. (Ed.)), Simon Fraser University, 1982.]])). Ausubel'​s theory is also in most of its claims quite opposite of [[http://​www.psych.nyu.edu/​bruner/​|Jerome Bruner]]'​s [[instructional_design:​discovery learning]]. ​
  
  
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