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The principal goal of this book is to present a comprehensive theory of how human beings learn and retain large bodies of organized subject matter in classroom and similar learning environments. Its scope is limited to “reception” learning and retention of potentially meaningful instructional material. “Reception” learning refers to the situation where the total content of the learning task (what is to be learned) is presented to the learner rather than independently discovered by him. That is, the learner is merely required to comprehend the material meaningfully and to incorporate (internalize) it and make it available or functionally reproducible for future use.
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Ausubel, D.P. (2000). Introduction: Scope and Objectives. In: The Acquisition and Retention of Knowledge: A Cognitive View. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9454-7_2
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