Learn more about the Jean Piaget Society, the aim of which is to provide an open forum, through symposia, books, an academic journal, and other publications, for the presentation and discussion of scholarly work on issues related to human knowledge and its development. (
http://www.piaget.org/
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Visit this comprehensive site to learn more about Vygotsky, including his life, his ideas, and how he influenced the fields of psychology and education. (
http://webpages.charter.net/schmolze1/vygotsky/vygotsky.html
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See firsthand how Vygotsky has influenced education. This article presents strategies for teaching reading in the middle school years based on Vygotskian theory. (
http://www.myread.org/scaffolding.htm
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See some real life examples of the skills that develop and also are lacking in the sensoriomotor stage, such as object permanence (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue8y-JVhjS0
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See some real life examples of the skills that develop and also are lacking in the preoperational stage, such as conservation (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=GLj0IZFLKvg
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See some real life examples of the skills that develop and also are lacking in the concrete stage, such as reversibility (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=gA04ew6Oi9M
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See some real life examples of the skills that develop and also are lacking in the concrete stage, such as deductive Reasoning (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjJdcXA1KH8&feature=related
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See a clip showing Egocentrism and how this effects the ability to complete a False-belief task (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OinqFgsIbh0&feature=related
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See a short clip showing a good explanation of ZPD and how the ZPD is decreased by teachers (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME9_bCjDrwk&feature=related
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See a short clip showing a good explanation of Scaffolding and the importance of language in learning. There is also brief examples of how this is applied to classroom settings (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12TcwDSrdnM&feature=related
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