David Ausubel - Advance Organizers

Advance Organizers

An advance organizer is information presented by an instructor that helps the student organize new incoming information. This is achieved by directing attention to what is important in the coming material, highlighting relationships, and providing a reminder about relevant prior knowledge.

Advance organizers are helpful in the way that they help the process of learning when difficult and complex material are introduced. This is satisfied through two conditions:

1. The student must process and understand the information presented in the organizer-- this increases the effectiveness of the organizer itself.

2. The organizer must indicate the relations among the basic concepts and terms that will be used.

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