Analyzing Children’s Cognitive Development [WLOs: 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 3]
Prior to beginning work on this discussion,
As presented in your text, there are several perspectives which attempt to explain how learning occurs; but regardless of the theoretical perspective, cognitive development is highly dependent on experiences for development. You have been assigned by the Analyzing Children’s Cognitive Development Pre-Activity to one theoretical perspective of cognitive development: Piagetian, Vygotskian, or information-processing.
In your discussion post,
Theoretical Perspective
Key Ideas or Terms
Piagetian Perspective
schemata, assimilation, accommodation, equilibrium
Vygotskian Perspective
private speech, scaffolding, intersubjectivity, zone of proximal development
Information-Processing Perspective
attention, short and long-term memory, information storage and retrieval, metacognitive knowledge, cognitive self-regulation
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