Piaget and Vygotsky

Motor activity without use of symbols. All things learned are based on experiences, or trial and error.

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

More logical and methodical manipulation of symbols. Less egocentric, and more aware of the outside world and events.

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

Use of symbols to relate to abstract concepts. Able to make hypotheses and grasp abstract concepts and relationships.

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

Development of language, memory, and imagination. Intelligence is both egocentric and intuitive.

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

________________ is a term he used to represent the building blocks of knowledge.

• Assimilation

• Schema

• Assimilation

• Equilibration

_____________ is using an existing schema and applying it to a new situation or object.

• Accommodation

• Equilibration

• Assimilation

________________ is changing approaches when an existing schema doesn’t work in a particular situation.

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

• Equilibration

ZPD stands for________.

• Zone of Probable Development

• Zone of Proximal Direction

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Zone of Proximal Decision

The ZPD is between

• anxiety and boredom

• anxiety and frustration

• stress and calm

• learning and relearning

The ZPD is between

• What the learner can do with help and what the learner cannot do

• What the learner can do on their own and what they can do with help

• What the learner can do on their own and what the learner will be able to do on their own