As the main variable of knowledge transfer, the cognitive structure lies in the availability, distinguishability and stability of empirical knowledge, which plays a fixed role in the cognitive structure. Advance organizer strategy is his main teaching strategy.
Psychologists have shown through a large number of experimental studies that it is better to use a comparative "organizer" than to over-learn new materials when the knowledge learned for the first time is unstable and unclear.
This is because comparing "organizers" points out the similarities and differences between old and new knowledge, which enhances the stability and clarity of the original fixed concept; Under the condition that the original knowledge itself has been clearly consolidated, the only way to improve the distinguishability between old and new knowledge is to learn new knowledge excessively.
Extended data:
Design a comparative "organizer" to improve the distinction between old and new knowledge and promote learning and retention.
In order to improve the discrimination between the old and new knowledge, the researcher designed a comparison organizer to reveal the similarities and differences between the old and new knowledge. For example, Ausubel and others use comparative "organizers" to promote the study of similar but contradictory materials. They divided the subjects into two groups, the experimental group and the control group.
They all learn Buddhist materials first, and then learn Zen Buddhist materials. Before learning Buddhist materials, the experimental group first learned a comparative "organizer" and pointed out the similarities and differences between Buddhism and Christianity.
Before learning Zen materials, the group learned another "organizer" who compared the similarities and differences between Buddhism and Zen. The control group studied a historical material before studying the first material and a biographical material before studying the second material.
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