Ausubel is a constructivist theorist well known by his Meaningful Learning Theory. This theory states that learning is not an arbitrary nor literal process and it is a result of the arrangement and integration of concepts and ideas in the cognitive structure. According to Ausubel, new concepts are learnt only when they meet clear concepts in the cognitive structure which will subsume the new one. When this happens, the new concept becomes meaningful and integrates the cognitive structure. This new concept can also modify the subsumers concepts (Moreira and Masini 1982).
Ausubel is a constructivist theorist well known by his Meaningful Learning Theory. This theory states that learning is not an arbitrary nor literal process and it is a result of the arrangement and integration of concepts and ideas in the cognitive structure. According to Ausubel, new concepts are learnt only when they meet clear concepts in the cognitive structure which will subsume the new one. When this happens, the new concept becomes meaningful and integrates the cognitive structure. This new concept can also modify the subsumers concepts (Moreira and
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