Given below are two statements Statement I: The advance organiser model is designed to strengthen students' cognitive structures - their knowledge of a particular subject at any given time and how well organised, clear and stable that knowledge is. Statement II: Cognitive structure has nothing to do with what kind of knowledge of a field is in our minds, how much of it is there, and how well it is organised. In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
Given below are two statements Statement I: The advance organiser model is designed to strengthen students' cognitive structures - their knowledge of a particular subject at any given time and how well organised, clear and stable that knowledge is. Statement II: Cognitive structure has nothing to do with what kind of knowledge of a field is in our minds, how much of it is there, and how well it is organised. In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below Correct Answer <span style="">Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect</span>
D.P. Ausubel proposed the Advance Organizer teaching Model.
Key PointsStatement I: The Advance organizer model is designed to strengthen students' cognitive structures - their knowledge of a particular subject at any given time and how well organized, clear and stable that knowledge is.
- A teaching model is a strategy or instructional design that enables students to have real learning experiences.
- This model is designed to strengthen students’ cognitive structure.
- The teacher maintains control of the intellectual structure by relating learning content to organizers.
- It makes the cognitive structure concrete and helps the students in grasping new knowledge.
Thus, Statement I is correct.
Statement II: Cognitive structure has nothing to do with what kind of knowledge of a field is in our minds, how much of it is there, and how well it is organized.
- A psychological concept that accounts for a type of human understanding is cognitive structure.
- Cognitive structures include schema and mental models.
- Experiences are given meaning and organization by a cognitive structure that governs both the processing of incoming knowledge and the recall of previously stored knowledge.
So, Statement II is incorrect.
Additional Information
Characteristics of advanced organizer model:
- To improve students' abstract thinking abilities.
- To assist students in gaining a thorough understanding
- To make connections between prior and current knowledge
- To compare concepts, generalizations, and known and unknown