Using Cognitive Development
Psychology in the Classroom
Using Cognitive Development
Psychology in the Classroom
• Do you ever feel bombarded with the amount
of new information in a class?
• How do you process new information in order
to create usable knowledge?
• These are the types of questions cognitive
psychologists and teachers seek to answer.
Background
• Cognitive development is the branch of
psychology that addresses learning through
information processing, reasoning and
memory. Before moving forward, let's define
information processing. Information
processing is the theoretical perspective of
psychology that focuses on the ways in which
learners think about and process new
information
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Team #1
Cognitive Development
“Acquiring knowledge”
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/piagets-theory-of-cognitivedevelopment.html
Accommodation and Assimilation
• How do assimilation and accommodation help
a child adapt to his environment?
Assimilation and accommodation help children
incorporate new information into their schemas.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/assimilation-and-accommodation.html
Piaget’s Cognitive Development
• Cognition: How people think & Understand.
• Piaget developed four stages to his theory of
cognitive development:
– Sensory-Motor Stage
– Pre-Operational Stage
– Concrete Operational Stage
– Formal Operational Stage.
Piaget’s stages of cognitive development:
• 1.
Sensorimotor period (birth to 2 yrs.)
• 2.
Preoperational period (2-6 yrs.)
• 3.
Concrete operations period (6-12 yrs.)
• 4.
Formal operations period (12+)
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/jean-piagets-stages-of-cognitivedevelopment.html
Team #2
Cognitive Development
“Acquiring knowledge”
Lev Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive
Development
The role of culture and social
interactions are imperative to cognitive
development, according to psychologist,
Lev Vygotsky
Vygotsky believed that adults in a
society foster children's cognitive
development in an intentional and
systematic manner by engaging them in
challenging and meaningful activities.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/lev-vygotskys-theory-of-cognitive-development.html
Team #3
Zone of Proximal Development and
Scaffolding in the classroom
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/zone-of-proximal-development-and-scaffolding-in-the-classroom.html
The zone of proximal development, commonly referred to as ZPD, is an important
principle of Vygotsky's work
Differences between Piaget &
Vygotsky's Cognitive Development
Theories
Differences between Piaget & Vygotsky
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/differences-between-piaget-vygotskys-cognitivedevelopment-theories.html