s Chapter 5 Ausubel's Learning Theory 5.4.2 Main ideas: a bout learning x Rote and Meaningful Learning rote learning: memorize something without relating it to prior experience or memorize just by mere repetition. (the memorization of facts or associations) e.g. the multiplication tables, the chemical symbols for the elements, words in foreign languages, etc. Much of rote learning involves associations that are essentially arbitrary. The chemical symbol for gold could just as well have been go or gdChapter 5 Ausubel’s Learning Theory • 5.4.2 Main ideas: about learning ＊Rote and Meaningful Learning rote learning: memorize something without relating it to prior experience or memorize just by mere repetition. (the memorization of facts or associations). e.g. the multiplication tables, the chemical symbols for the elements, words in foreign languages, etc. Much of rote learning involves associations that are essentially arbitrary. The chemical symbol for gold could just as well have been Go or Gd