The People
Stages
Studies/Examples for the stages
The Fax
Language Development
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Who is Jean Piaget? 

What is The Swiss psychologist who is the main focus of chapter 2.

100

What do the Stages describe?

What is a general pattern of thinking for children at different ages?

100

What is Zone of Proximal Development?

What is skills too difficult for a child to master on his/her own, but that can be done with guidance and encouragement from a knowledgeable person. 
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Assistance that helps children complete a task they cannot complete independently

What is Scaffolding? 

100

What are the main theories listed in chapter 2 regarding language development?

What is Nativist Theory, Social Cognitive Theory , Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory

200

What did Jean Piaget do?

What is Invented the 4 stages of development.

200

What is the first stage? Age group?

What is The Sensorimotor Stage (0-2 years)

200
What did the study of Assimilation vs. Accommodation consist of? 

What is children being able to decipher that just because a liquid was poured into a seemingly bigger container does not mean that it has more water, they needed to realize it had the same amount. 

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demonstrating a task or activity so that the student or child understands how to do it before they try it. 

What is modeling?

200

What is the definition of the term "over generalization" in chapter 2?

What is The language pattern that happens when a child utilizes a word to categorize a more general group of objects than is correct. 

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Who is Lev Vygotsky?

What is A Russian psychologist in the 20th century.

300

What is the second stage? Age group?

What is The Preoperational Stage (2-7 years)

300

What stage does engaging in symbolic play and learning to manipulate symbols portray?

What is the Preoperational Stage.

300
a teacher explains why they are doing what they are doing while solving a problem on the white board

What is Think-aloud?

300

Why are semantics important for developing vocabulary?

What is They allow a child to learn the mannerisms and subtleties's of speaking unique to their native language.  

400

What is Lev Vygotsky known for? 

What is Made many important contributions to what is now known as developmental psychology.

400

What is the third stage? Age group?

What is The Concrete Operational Stage (7-11 years)

400

What stage does thinking and reasoning and being able to take skills from one context and apply it to another portray?

What is the Formal Operational Stage.

400

A teacher increases the level of difficulty of what they are teaching based on what their students are ready for.

What is Adapting Instructional Materials?

400

What role does syntax play in language development?

What is It acts as a foundation and a set of rules which allows for the proper formation of phrases and sentences.

500

The location of the rebel base in The Empire Strikes Back. 

What is Hoth?

500

What is the fourth stage? Age group?

What is The Formal Operational Stage (Age 11 to Adult)

500

How do Vygotsky and Piaget relate in their hypothesis?

What is they both focused on the cognitive and language development within children as they grow.

500

while they agree that knowledge is actively constructed for themselves by learners, they disagree on the process.  

Piaget and Vygotsky's Views of Knowledge Construction 

500

Why is Language so important to learning?

What is Language is both the method by which a child can understand something in order to learn, and the way by which listening becomes one of the most prevalent learning style.