MODULE 12: AUSUBEL'S

MEANINGFUL VERBAL
LEARNING/ SUBSUMPTION
THEORY
 INTRODUCTION
Many educational psychology theories often criticize
the expository or presentational manner of teaching. They
say that teachers assume such a major role in learning as
providers of information, while students remain as passive
receivers of information. David Ausubel, instead of
criticizing this manner of teaching, proposed ways of
improving it. He suggested the use of advance organizers.
His ideas are contained in his theory of Meaningful Verbal
Learning.
 ADVANCE ORGANIZER
Ausubel's
Subsumption Theory
Four Processes for
Meaningful Advance
Meaningful Learning Organizers
Reception of
Information Derivative
subsumption Expository
Learner's
Cognitive Correlative
Structure subsumption
Narrative

Use of Advance Superordinate

Graphic organizer Learning Skimming

Combinatorial Graphic
Subsumption Learning Organizers
 FOCUS OF
AUSUBEL'S THEORY
1
The most important factor influencing learning is
the quantity, clarity and organization of the
learner's present knowledge

Meaningful learning takes place when an idea to be

learned is related in some sensible way to ideas that
the learner already possesses. Ausubel believed

2
that before new material can be presented
effectively, the student's cognitive structure should
be strengthened. When this is done, acquisition and
retention of new information is facilitated. The way
to strengthen the student's to already have a bird's
eye view or to see the " big picture" of the topic to
be learned even before going to the details.
 FOUR PROCESSES
FOR MEANINGFUL LEARNING
Derivative Subsumption
1 This describes the situation
in which the new
information you learn is an
2 refers to the elaboration,
example of a concept that
you have already learned.
Combinatorial Learning
This is when newly acquired
knowledge combines with prior
3
4
knowledge to enrich the
understanding of both concepts.
The first three learning processes
all included new information that
relates to a hierarchy at a level
that is either below or above
previously acquired knowledge.
Correlative Subsumption.
extension, or modification of
the previously learned
concept or propositions by
the subsumptions of the
incoming idea
Advance Organizers
A major instructional tool proposed by
Ausubel. Advance organizer, gives you two
benefits: 1. You will find it easier to connect
new information with what you already know
about the topic. 2. You can readily see how the
concepts in a certain topic are related to each
other. The advance organizer helps you link
the new learning to your existing scheme. As
such, advance organizers facilitate learning
by helping you organize and strengthen your
cognitive structure.
TYPES OF ADVANCE
ORGANIZERS
Expository Narrative
1 -newdescribes
content
the 2 -presents the new
information in the
form of a story to

Skimming Graphic Organizer

3 -is done by
looking over the 4 -visuals to set up or
outline the new
information. This may
new material to include pictographs,
gain a basic descriptive patterns,
overview. concept patterns,
concept maps.
 APPLICATION OF
PRINCIPLES
-The most general ideas of a subject should be
1 presented first and then progressively
differentiated in terms of detail and specificity, He
called this progressive differentiation

-Instructional materials should attempt to

2 integrate new material with previously presented
information through comparisons and cross-
referencing of new and old ideas.
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