1. Jean Piaget Constructivism: The Theory of Cognitive Development

2. How did Piaget's study of biology influence his theory of cognitive development? How did Piaget's study of biology influence his theory of cognitive development? How does operative and Figurative knowledge figure in Piaget's theory of cognitive development. How does operative and Figurative knowledge figure in Piaget's theory of cognitive development. According to Piaget, what is necessary for cognitive development to occur? According to Piaget, what is necessary for cognitive development to occur?

3. What did Piaget mean when he said that infants have no mind? What did Piaget mean when he said that infants have no mind? What is the major cognitive accomplishment of the Sensori-Motor period? What is the major cognitive accomplishment of the Sensori-Motor period? Class Inclusion and Conservation are strong indicators that the individual is capable of functioning at which stage of cognitive development? Class Inclusion and Conservation are strong indicators that the individual is capable of functioning at which stage of cognitive development?

4. Piaget’s Beliefs 1. Species specific biological reflexes ‑ Hereditary organic reactions 1. Species specific biological reflexes ‑ Hereditary organic reactions 2.Naturally active to spontaneously interact and initiate encounters with the environment. 2.Naturally active to spontaneously interact and initiate encounters with the environment.

5. Beliefs Continued According to Piaget, infants have no mind According to Piaget, infants have no mind This is the Biological component of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. This is the Biological component of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.

6. Problems for Study Piaget wished to study the onset and development of mathematical knowledge ‑ This is not a learning theory. This is a theory of development. Piaget wished to study the onset and development of mathematical knowledge ‑ This is not a learning theory. This is a theory of development.

7. Change Mechanisms Biological Maturation ‑ Biological Maturation ‑ Direct Experience ‑ Direct Experience ‑ Social Transmission ‑ Social Transmission ‑ Equilibration ‑ Equilibration ‑

8. Internal Principles Assimilation Assimilation Accommodation Accommodation Equilibration ‑ Equilibration ‑ Organization ‑ Biological development ‑ Maturation Organization ‑ Biological development ‑ Maturation Adaptation ‑ environmental adjustment ‑ Experience Adaptation ‑ environmental adjustment ‑ Experience

9. Bridge Principles Schema Schema Operations Operations Cognitive Structures Cognitive Structures 1. Stages 2. Operative Knowledge 3. Figurative Knowledge

10. Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development Sensori-motor 0-18 months Sensori-motor 0-18 months 1. Infants begin to build schemas at birth 2. Sensory schema building, along with developing motor skills

11. Preoperational Stage Preoperational Stage 1. pre-logical 2. bound by perception – the way things look is the way things are 3. egocentric 4. unidirectional thinking – they lack reversibility

12. Concrete Operational – Logico- Deductive Concrete Operational – Logico- Deductive 1. Logical Thinker 2. Cause/Effect Thinking 3. Able to deal with conservation and class inclusion

13. Formal Operational – Hypothetical Reasoning Formal Operational – Hypothetical Reasoning 1. Hypothesis Testing 2. Able to think of all possibilities 3. First sign of formal reasoning is thinking about one’s own thoughts

14. In Which Cognitive Stage are Your Students? It has tremendous implications for teaching It has tremendous implications for teaching 1. Developmentally appropriate placement of students 2. Retention 3. Artificial Pacing 4. Purpose of School and assessment.