how kids learn
step 2
Prerequisite before added to schema
kids learn through these experiences
Schema gets larger at later stages
created by
piaget believes children are
step 3
created by
step 1
Final stage

Developmental/Cognitive Constructivism

Piaget

Development proceeds learning

Trial and error

Schema

File folder in the brain for information

Lone Scientists

genetics guide learning

Stages at Ages

1) Sensorimotor stage

2) Preoperational stage

3) Concreate operational stage

4) Formal operational stage

Can transcend concrete situations

Learns rules

Represent the world symbolically

Interacts with environment

Disequilibrium

1) Assimilation

Knowledge bank is getting larger with similar information

2) Accommodation

Creating a new folder for new information

3) Equilibrium

No conflict between new and existing information