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Cognitive Development
EDC 312
Chapter 5
Dr. Diane Kern
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Admit activity
Piaget suggests that there are four stages of cognitive development (see text). Think about the age group you hope to work with (birth to 2, age 2-7; age 7-13 or age 12-adult) and then describe the stage of cognitive development you anticipate in your learners and TWO ways that you will plan to meet the needs of learners at this stage of cognitive development.
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What and why (declarative knowledge!)Children and adolescents reach various
developmental milestones in a somewhat predictable sequence.
This chapter on cognitive development will help you to better understand these patterns of development and the theory behind our teaching practice.
You will also learn practical ways to encourage all students’ cognitive development.
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Key Theorists and Theories
Piaget—Cognitive Developmental theory
Chomsky—Nativism Vygotsky—Sociocultural theory Flavell—Information Processing theory Freud and Erikson—Psychodynamic
theory
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Thinking becomes increasingly more abstract with development
PIAGET Sensorimotor Preoperational Concrete operations Formal operations
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Nativism
Chomsky challenged the behaviorists’ theories of cognitive development in the 1950s.
Nativism is the view that certain skills or abilities are 'native' or hard wired into the brain at birth.
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Accommodating developmental differences and diversity Be mindful to interpret
intelligence test results cautiously
Giftedness? Learning Disability?
Mental Retardation? ADD/ADHD?
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Intelligence & Multiple Intelligences
Define IQ, distributed
intelligence Multiple Intelligencesby HowardGardner Take the quiz
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Sociocultural theory
Emphasis on role of social interaction and students’ culture in directing cognitive development.
Vygotsky-zone of proximal
development
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Information Processing Theory
Flavell (1976) states that metacognition is knowledge and beliefs about ones own cognitive processes.
Knowledge and regulation of cognition Thinking is developmental; it changes as
one grows. 3 categories of knowledge: Person, Task
and Strategy variables
Psychodynamic theory
Freud Erikson
Identity formation Sense of self More Ch. 7
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Practical implications
Encourage play, discovery learning, exploration to solve problems
Share wisdom (scaffold learning) Hands-on early grades, gradually increase abstract
ideas/activities Reciprocal teaching Guided participation, cognitive apprenticeship Cultural considerations: social AND academic skills
vs. speed vs. verbal vs. precision…
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Exit activity
Cognitive Development Video Clip
What are some possible reasons that Herb is catching more fish than the others?
Be sure to observe how experience with fishing affects Kent’s and Alicia’s ability to identify relevant variables in middle childhood and late adolescence.
Offer 2 practical implications for instruction based on what you’ve observed and learned about stage theories and cognitive development.
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