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Download full textBrown, H. Douglas – 1971
Ausubel distinguishes two kinds of human learning: (1) rote learning, relevant only to a small fraction of human learning, is the mechanistic formation of discrete, isolated traces in cognitive structure, usually through a process of conditioning; (2) meaningful learning, characteristic of most human learning, is a process of "subsuming"…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
