Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory
knowing something exists even if it is out of sight
object permanence
is a set of belief someone has that guides how someone interprets a situation
mindset
our initial memory store that is temporary and limited
STM
society's values
norms
_______a basic understanding of ideas and facts that is issued in making decisions.
Framework
State the two stages within the second stage of Piaget's Cognitive development stage
Symbolic function stage and intuitive thought stage
Tom does not do well in school because he does not try anything new. STATE whether he has fixed or growth mindset.
Fixed Mindset
Daniel Willingham is a cognitive scientist. Define cognitive scientist.
Cognitive scientist studies thinking and brain activities.
State at what ages a child believes that rules can not be changed.
Participants of the study ____ boys and ____ girls
29 boys and 24 girls
Describe two abilities that a developing child has in concrete operational stage ( 7-12 years old )
seriation, reversibility, classification, conservation, decentration
State one findings or result of the Dweck's study
Praising students' ability led to fixed mindset and had issues dealing with setbacks. Praising students effort led students to persevere and try harder.
State an importance of practice and effort
able to do things automatically. master knowledge and skills
John accidentally broke 15 cups. Henry purposely broke one cup. Who is naughtier? Justify using Piaget's theory
use the stages and justify
Differentiate the two types of praises
person praise and process praise see book page 20 =)
Freda and Simon can do different things. Simon can put pens into size order. Freda can work out which is the slowest and which is the fastest if she knows that a horse can run faster than a dog and a dog can run faster than a hedgehog. State which stage each child is in according to Piaget's stages of cognitive development.
Concrete operational stage
Describe one strength of Dweck's study.
Practical applications to encourage students learning. The theory shows change is possible and leads to better school performance
Describe the role of rehearsing in building knowledge.
Rehearsing is repeating information over and over to make it stick. This involves STM practice and what is remembered and learned is moved to LTM.
Describe level 2 of Moral development theory
Conventional Level ( Good boy good girl stage ) and Social order
Describe the participants of the study
see book page 21 =)
Describe one strength of Piaget's cognitive development theory's implication for teaching.
Focus on child's thinking and not on what they can do. Discovery learning Acknowledge that children develop at different rates or go though the stages in different ways.
Explain what is mindset theory including the description of the types of mindset and real life examples.
MIndeset is a set of beliefs. It can be fixed or growth mindset. Real life examples.
Describe one weakness of Willinghams' learning theory.
Did not emphasise the importance of individual differences.
Define Moral development theory and state the stages.
see book page 24-25 =)
Describe one strength of Gunderson's study
It is an experimental study