Developmental/Cognitive Constructivism
Disequilibrium
3) Equilibrium
No conflict between new and existing information
2) Accommodation
Creating a new folder for new information
1) Assimilation
Knowledge bank is getting larger with similar information
Stages at Ages
1) Sensorimotor stage
Interacts with environment
2) Preoperational stage
Represent the world symbolically
3) Concreate operational stage
Learns rules
4) Formal operational stage
Can transcend concrete situations
Lone Scientists
genetics guide learning
Schema
File folder in the brain for information
Piaget
Development proceeds learning
Trial and error