The acquisition and retention of knowledge : a cognitive view /

This is a college-level textbook that provides a comprehensive and credible theory of how humans can learn and retain substantial and growing bodies of potentially meaningful, organized subject-matter knowledge on an extended, long-term basis. It identifies explicitly the cognitive conditions under...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ausubel, David Paul
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preview of assimilation theory of meaningful learning and retention
  • Scope and objectives
  • Preview of basic concepts of meaningful reception learning and retention
  • The nature of meaning and meaningful learning
  • Assimilation theory in meaningful learning and retention processes
  • The effects of cognitive structure variables on the acquisition, retention, and transferability of knowledge
  • Practice and motivational factors in meaningful learning and retention.