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| Contructivist approach to cognitive development |
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Definition
- children are active participants of their own learning
- children construct their own knowledge |
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| Piaget's Theoretical Basics |
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Definition
- all aspects of cognition
- stages are invariant
- stages are universal but individual differences in rate
(all children go though stages but at different times in their lives)
- maturation (parents must wait for children to move on to next stage, don't push if not ready) |
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Definition
- psychological structures
- shift from motor-based to mental-based
- mental representations (images and concepts) |
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Mental Representations:
Images vs. Concepts |
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Definition
- Images: picturing something in your mind
- Concepts: categories in which objects and events are grouped together |
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Definition
| Building and changing schemas through direct interaction. |
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