Before you go...

Which of these operational stages comes first?

• Concrete Operational

• Pre-operational

• Formal Operational

• Sensorimotor

What is a 'schema?'

• A planned course of action conceived in order to achieve an objective.

• A mental framework created as children interact with their environment

• One of the stages of development theorized by Piaget

• A type of research strategy that Piaget used with children.

A child is playing with their toes - they are in the _____________ stage.

• Sensorimotor

• Concrete Operational

• Pre-operational

• Formal Operational

A grade 5 teacher uses manipulatives to teach math because her students are still in the _____________stage.

• Sensorimotor

• Concrete Operational

• Pre-operational

• Formal Operational

A child sees his mother crying, and offers her the toy he was playing with. This is an example of...

• Epistemology

• Pedagogy

• Egocentrism

• Attrition

Criticisms of Piaget and his research include:

• He used his own children for his research

• He didn't take accurate notes

• He didn't do his studies for a long enough time

• He didn't consider extraneous factors such as gender, social status, etc

How does Piaget differ from Vygotsky?

• Piaget believed in learning from social interactions.

• Piaget believed in a 'Zone of Proximal Development'

• Piaget had fewer developmental stages than Vygotsky

• Piaget believed in learning through adaptation to new experiences

Piaget viewed intellectual growth as adjusting or adapting to the world through the steps of...

• Assimilation, accommodation, equilibration.

• Equilibration, interaction, action

• Adaptation, interaction, association

• Association, correction, readjustment.

A child adds to their understanding of what a 'tree' is over time. This is an example of...

• Equilibration

• Association

• Accommodation

• Assimilation

When a child is readjusting their thinking to fit into a new schema, this is...

• equilibration

• accommodation

• assimilation

• association