Intellectual Development of School-Age Children

Which theorist believed that cognitive development during childhood happens in four stages?

• Montessori

• Piaget

• Vygotsky

• Gardner

Which theorist believed that cognitive development is dependent on social interaction?

• Montessori

• Piaget

• Vygotsky

• Gardner

Which theorist came up with the theory of multiple intelligences?

• Montessori

• Piaget

• Vygotsky

• Gardner

Vygotsky believed that children learn best when they are stretched within their....

• ZPD

• ABC

• XYZ

What does ZPD stand for?

• zone of practical development

• zone of purposeful development

• zone of proximal development

Children tend to do what as they problem solve?

• get frustrated

• give up

• keep going

• talk out loud

Children gain physical knowledge by observing what happens when objects are acted upon such as a toy car rolling down a ramp or a ball being thrown up in the air. True or False?

• True

• False

In the concrete operational stage, kids begin to think more logically but their logic is based on what?

• past experiences

• strategies

• their reasoning abilities

In the formal operational stage kids begin to think more_____?

• seriously

• logically

• abstractly

Which of the following is not a logical thinking concept?

• classification

• ordering by attributes

• time concepts

• observing

• cause and effect