LEARNING OR SUBSUMPTION THEORY: DAVID AUSUBEL'S

Question 1

Theory make the learners sense of their surroundings by integrating new knowledge with that which they have already learned.

Answer 1

Subsumption Theory

Question 2

4 processes of Meaning learning occur:

Answer 2

Derivative Subsumption
Correlative Subsumption
Superordinate Learning
Combinatorial Learning

Question 3

The new information pupils learn is an instance or example of a concept that pupils have already learned.

Prior knowledge-concept
New knowledge example

Answer 3

Derivative Subsumption

Question 4

Accommodate new information, you have to alter or expand your concept.

✓ example is more valuable as it has changes, alteration and expansion of knowledge.

Answer 4

Correlative Subsumption

Question 5

The learner already knew a lot of example of the concept, but did not know the concept itself until it was taught to you.

✓ prior knowledge- example
✓ new knowledge - concept

Answer 5

Superordinate learning

Question 6

It describes a process by which the new idea is derived from another idea that comes from his previous knowledge.

Ex. Human Respiration- Respiration in Plants (Anatomy-Botany)

Answer 6

Combinatorial learning