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Ausubel's Subsumption Theory
Ausubel's Subsumption Theory
MEANINGFUL V E R B A L
L EAR NING/
SUBSUM P T ION
THEORY
DAVID PAUL • Born in 1918 and grew up
in Brooklyn, New York.
AUSUBEL
• He attended University of
Pennsylvania majoring in
Psychology for pre-med.
• He earned a Ph. D in
Developmental
Psychology from
Columbia University
• His most significant
contribution was on the
development and
research on advance
organizer.
Focus of Ausubel’s Theory
COGNITIVE
SRUCTURE
RAW PERCEPTUAL
THEORIES DATA
❑ Meaningful learning takes place when an
idea to be learned is related to some sensible
way to ideas that the learner already
possesses.
❑ Before new material can be presented
effectively, the student’s cognitive structure
must be strengthened.
❑ Advance Organizers
- the way to strengthened student’s
cognitive structure.
- allow students to already have a bird’s eye
view or to see the big picture of the topic
ADVANCE
ORGANIZERS
SUBSUMPTION
❑ DERIVATIVE SUBSUMPTION
❑ CORRELATIVE SUBSUMPTION
❑ SUPERORDINATE LEARNING
❑ COMBINATORIAL LEARNING
DERIVATIVE SUBSUMPTION
This describes the situation in which the new
information you learn is an example of a concept that
you have already learned.
Example:
Example:
A major instructional
tool proposed by David
P. Ausubel.
TWO BENEFITS