Stages
The stage where infants and toddlers explore using their bodies
What is sensorimotor?
A child fits new information into what they already know. What is this called?
What is assimulation?
A preschooler fails to see others' point of view.
What is egocentrism?
Children need hands-on experiences to be able to do this.
What is actively explore the environment?
Piaget was asked to be a curator of a natural history museum when he was this age.
What is 11 years old?
A child uses magical thinking. This is part of what stage?
What is preoperational?
When information doesn't fit what they know and it's uncomfortable it is called this.
What is disequilibration!
A baby crawls around putting objects in their mouth.
What is active exploration?
Teachers need to let children make mistakes. They learn through…
What is trial and error?
Engagement with the physical world builds this type of knowledge.
What is physical knowledge?
If someone can think abstractly, weighing how things are related without having to act them out, they are at what stage?
What is formal operations?
When the structure of thinking has to change to fit in new information it is called this.
What is accommodation?
A schoolager can figure out that if they are older than Michael, and Judy is older than they are, that Judy is older than Michael.
What is deductive reasoning?
This is key to children's learning.
What is play?
Working with others, reading and listening to stories, and learning right and wrong build this type of knowledge.
What is social knowledge?
If a child needs direct experience, but can use logic, they are at this stage.
What is concrete operations?
The process of building knowledge on what is already known is called this.
What is constructivist cognition?
A baby who lifts the blanket to find a toy is showing they have this.
What is object permanence?
It is foolish to rush a child to perform skills they are not ready for. They need to be…
What is developmentally ready?
Doing hands-on math and science activities can help build this type of knowledge.
What is logic-mathematical?
Symbolic thought begins during this stage, according to Piaget.
What is preoperational?
The understanding that object still exist even when they are hidden or in other ways no longer visible is known as this.
What is object permanence?
A child who understands the amount of cracker they havedoesn't change when they break it into pieces is showing they have this.
What are conservation skills?
Children are naturally curious. Selection of materials and activities helps children build..
What is their own understanding of important ideas?
Piaget's work has influenced creators of curriculum such as this founder of High/Scope curriculum
Who is David Weikart’s?