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Facilitating meaningful verbal learning in the classroom
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In mathematics, as in other scholarly disciplines, pupils acquire subject-matter knowledge largely through meaningful reception learning of presented concepts, principles, and factual information. In this paper, therefore, I first propose to disti nguish briefly between reception and discovery learning, on the one hand, and between meaningful and rote learning, on the other. This will lead to a more extended discussion of the nature of meaningful verbal learning (an advanced form of meaningful reception learning) and the reasons it is predominant in the acquisition of subject matter; of the manipulable variables that influence its efficiency; and of some of the hazards connected with its use in the classroom setting.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ausubel, D. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Ausubel, David P.
- Venue
- The Arithmetic Teacher
- Published
- 1968-02
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 126-132
- ISSN
- 0004-136X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3093932633
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 6.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Arithmetic Teacher (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Pedagogy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational methodologies and cognitive development
- Keywords
- discovery learning, rote learning, mathematics education, classroom teaching
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