Provides a biography of Piaget and presentations from the Jean Piaget Society Annual Symposium from 1995 to the present. (
http://www.piaget.org/index.html
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Interviews with leading developmental psychology researchers such as Susan Gelman, Andrew Meltzoff, and Alison Gopnik discuss recent theory and research that challenge some of Piaget's ideas.
>>Infant Cognition
Symbolic Thinking
http://www.ctw.org/parents/advice/article/0,4125,740,00.html
Examines young children's symbolic thinking during the early childhood years. (
http://www.dadi.org/theoryx2.htm
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Information about Piaget's stages of cognitive development and implications of his ideas for educating children. Also explores instructional technology and Piaget's constructivist ideas. (
http://psychology.about.com/library/weekly/aa051501a.htm
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Explores many aspects of Vygotsky's theory including its ties to philosophical views, his unique contributions, historical contexts, and the importance of learning to use a culture's tools effectively. (
http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/works/comment/lois1.htm
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Read about the application of scaffolding to learning and the Internet, scaffolding and Vygotsky's theory, and constructivist exercises. (
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffolding.html
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Evaluates the importance of using a cognitive apprenticeship approach in classroom instruction. Includes applications to industrial and technical education. (
http://borg.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/v33n3/duncan.html
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