Chapter 5 Ausubels Learning Theor 5.4.2 Main ideas: about learning e meaningful learning: attempts to create some connection to something that they already know, or learn with understanding. It is not arbitrary e.g. if we learn that silver is an excellent conductor of electricity, this information relate to our existing information about silverand about electrical conductivity. The association between silver and electrical conductivity is not arbitrarChapter 5 Ausubel’s Learning Theory • 5.4.2 Main ideas: about learning • meaningful learning: attempts to create some connection to something that they already know, or learn with understanding. It is not arbitrary. • e.g.if we learn that silver is an excellent conductor of electricity, this information relate to our existing information about silver and about electrical conductivity.The association between silver and electrical conductivity is not arbitrary