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Alex Chisholm Rachel Grap Mia Lutchenkov
Schemes You organize concepts into schemes Two main principles are accommodation and assimilation
Ex. Things in the ocean are fish- until you learn about whales
He was a ConstructivistNeubert LOVES IT • His theories were the basis for Constructivism
Cognitive Development • Sensorimotor (birth-2) – Trial and error, imitation
• Preoperational (2-7) – Irreversibility, egocentric
• Concrete Operational (7-11) – More logical manipulation of concrete objects, awareness of external events
• Formal Operational (11- x-( ) – Using abstract concepts, HOT
History • Born in 1896 in Switzerland • • Married one of his students (not acceptable today) • He studied his three children from birth • Background in Biology
• Worked in Geneva
Application in Education • You want students to be able to adapt to new information by creating new schemes or changing old ones • As a teacher, you present information for students to generate their own understandings • Inductive techniques
Example of Use in Classroom • Examples and non-examples to allow students to come up with their own definitions of words • Work in small groups to generate understanding between members • Hands-on activities- learning by doing
BOO-YA • TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTIVIST LEARNING • Multimedia software is based on constructivist theories
Sources • Ponzillo’s Class • The internet