Introduction
The creation of thought processes, such as remembering, solving problems, and making decisions, from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood is known as cognitive development. The term "cognitive development" describes how a person observes, thinks, and understands his or her environment as a result of the interaction of genetic and learned elements. Processing of information, intelligence, reasoning, language development, and memory are some of the cognitive development domains.
Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget, both psychologists, both came up with their own theories about cognitive development.
Both theorists believe that social connections, challenges, constructive processes, and readiness all play important roles in growth. The division in perspectives occurs with regard to the function of language in cognitive development, the key results of interactions with peers against interactions with adults, the relative value of free exploration versus more structured and supervised activities, and the influence of culture.
Task
Your job is to research the two psychologist (Paiget and Vygotsky) theories of Cognitive Development.
Then write a summary report comparing and contrasting the theories. Be sure to use the general APA format for this report.
Process
Your responsibility for this web quest assignment is to research both psychologist(Piaget and Vygotsky) theories and gather the main points. Next you are to summarize (in your own words) the Cognitive Development Theory. Lastly you are to discuss how the two theories are similar and how they differ.
There are links that will help you with this web quest assignment. After each site you view, take notes on the important information you find and record which site you retrieved the information from.
Remember to organize your information and proof read for sentence and paragragh formation and grammatical errors before submitting your final product.
Evaluation
Students will be graded according to organization, amount of information, quality of information, mechanics, paragraph construction, and correct usage of the APA format.
Conclusion
Now that you have researched and compared Piaget's and Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development, you have a better understanding of the similarities and differences they both entail. Further research on this topic of Cognitive Development may be thought-provoking in the way that this theory is implemented in the learning process of education. How can this be applied to help assist with teaching in the classroom. What activities can be implemented to further promote cognitive development in the classroom? How can having sufficient knowledge and an adequate understanding of both psychologist theories of Cognitive Development make educators more effective in their fields towards the learning process?