AUSUBEL’S

MEANINGFUL
VERBAL
LEARNING/
SUBSUMPTION
THEORY
 “ Knowledge is
hierarchically organized;
that new information is
meaningful to the extent
that it can be related to
what is already known”
 It is about how individuals
learn large amounts of
meaningful material from
verbal/ textual presentations
in a school settings.
He proposed the used of
advance organizers as a tool
for learning.
FOCUS OF
AUSUBEL’S
THEORY
The most important factor
influencing learning is the quantity,
clarity and organization of the
learner’s present knowledge.
consists of facts,
concepts, propositions,
theories and raw
perceptual data that the
learner has available to
him/her at any point in
time.
Meaningful learning
takes place when an idea
to be learned is related in
some sensible way to
ideas that the learner
already possesses.
The way to strengthen the
student’s cognitive structure
is by using advance
organizers that allow
students 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.
Primary way of
learning is
SUBSUMPTION
 What is the
meaning of
SUBSUMPTION?
SUBSUMPTION
is a process by which
new material is
related to relevant
ideas in the existing
cognitive structure.
Likewise, Ausubel pointed out
that what is learned is based on
what is already known. This
signifies that one’s own
knowledge and biases limit and
affect what is learned. Also,
retention of own knowledge is
greater because it is based on
prior concrete concepts.
DERIVATIVE
SUBSUMPTION
 This describes the
situation in which the
new information you
learn is an example of
a concept that you
have already learned.
CORRELATIVE
SUBSUMPTION
This more “valuable”
learning than that
of derivative
subsumption, since
it enriches the
higher level concept.
SUPERORDINATE
LEARNING
The child already knew
a lot of examples of
the concept, but did
not know the concept
itself until it was
taught to him/her.
COMBINATORIAL
LEARNING
It describes a process by
which the new idea is
derived from another
idea that is neither
higher nor lower in the
hierarchy, but at the
same level.
ADVANCE
ORGANIZERS
TWO BENEFITS OF
ADVANCE ORGANIZER:
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.
 TYPES OF
ADVANCE
ORGANIZERS
EXPOSITORY
Describes the new
content.
NARRATIVE
Presents the new
information in the
form of a story to
students.
SKIMMING
Done by looking
over the new
material to gain a
basic overview.
 GRAPHIC
ORGANIZERS
Visuals to set up or
outline the new
information.
THANK YOU
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