Piagets Stages of Cognitive Development

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Piaget's stages of development

Stage 1 The Sensorimotor Stage 0-2 yrs

Encourage explorations in touching, smelling, and manipulating objects

Establishment of Object Permanence - everything has a life of it own even if it is out of sight

Stage 2 The Preoperational Stage 2-7 yrs

The concept of similarity based on appearance (volume of liquid based on container)

Coins placed in close proximity or spaced proximity

Shape and appearance influence perception

Stage 3 The Concrete Operational Stage 7-11 yrs

Understand the volume/liquid container concept

Able to generalize

A degree of inconsistency in the child's ability to apply concepts

Stage 4 The Formal Operational Stage 11-onwards

Able to follow through logical concepts despite own based knowledge

Abstract thinking

Able to create hypothesis and to imagine how things could be

Development of Cognitive Complexity

Assimilation - fitting objects into general constructs

Accommodation - Able to form ideas and pick out differences and similarities

Zone of Proximal Development - What the learner can do unaided -> what the learner can do with guidance -> what the learner cannot do

Scaffolding (Vygotsky's) - teaching by modeling or demonstrating, then stepping back to allow learner to understand offering help and support when needed