Module 2 Flashcards
Schemes, Schema
(Piaget)
Organized patterns of knowledge, skills, experience(new file folder)
Adaptation
(Piaget)
Process of making sense of new information (assimilation, accommodation, equilibrium)
Assimilation
(Piaget)
Similar information to existing scheme (same file folder)
Accommodation
(Piaget)
Modify, adjust, change, create new scheme (New file folder)
Equilibrium
(Piaget)
Everything makes sense
What is the 1st stage of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory?
Sensorimotor Stage
(Birth- 2 Years)
Learn through movement and senses
What happens in the 1st stage of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory?
- Reflexive or active
-Sucking
-Grabbing
-Looking
-Listening
-Crawling
-Object Permanence (Unseen things still exists)
What is the 2nd Stage of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory?
Pre-operational Stage
(Ages 2- 6)
(Preschool/Kinder)
Prelogical thought
What happens in the 2nd stage of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory?
-Play and Pretend
-Symbolic Thinking (Pictures, numbers, letters)
-Language Develops
-Forms many new schemes
-Egocentrism
(Focus on self, self-centered)
-Centration
(focus on only one aspect at a time)
What is the 3rd Stage of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory?
Concrete Operational Stage
(Ages 7-11)
(Elementary)
Factual and Logical thought
What happens in the 3rd stage of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory?
-Need concrete, hands-on, experience
-Mental Reversal (balloons inflate-deflate)
-Seriation
-Sorting
-Classifying
-Conservation (Tall skinny glass and short fat glass hold the same amount of liquid)
What is the 4th Stage of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory?
Formal Operational Stage
(Ages 12+)
(Middle School/High School)
Higher order thinking & reasoning
What happens in the 4th stage of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory?
-Abstract Thinking
-Critical Thinking
-Hypothesize
-Predict
-Metaphors
-Mental Manipulations
-Systematic Problem-Solving
No Specific Stages
(Vygotsky)
Support learning from lower to higher levels and simple to more complex knowledge and skills at all ages
Zone of Proximal Development
(Vygotsky)
ZPD