Educational Psychology / Unit 6 EDP 0514 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Advance Organizers
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The idea
An advance organizer, Ausubel's idea, is a brief overview given before new material so students know where to place what follows.
In practice
"Today we will see three causes of the war, then how each led to the next."
Where people slip
Relating new material to prior knowledge and elaborating on it by questioning and giving examples also help organize learning.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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