Development of Children and Adolescents Directory

Constructivist Theories or Models

• Learning theory model
• Variables that affect intelligence and learning - Piaget based

Characteristics of intellectual thinking across childhood

• Sensorimotor - physical activities to develop thinking
• Preoperational
• Concrete operational
• Formal operationa
• Chart showing development ages of propositional logic, correlation, proportion, and probabilty
• Misconceptions - science related
• Carnegie Report on Preparing Adolescents - Middle School Students

A Pretest for development of children and adolescents

Demonstration Activities to understand Piaget's learning theory

Plastic bag, water, and pencil

Balloon, air, and piercing

• Garduckals activity estimated time (5 minutes)
• Thinking Puzzles: Concrete and Formal Operational Thought Solutions Worksheet for puzzles and processing
  • Jo Short or Jo Tall puzzle / activity --->>> sample solutions
  • Water Machine puzzle / activity--->>> sample solutions
  • Transportation puzzle--->>> sample solutions
  • Frog problem / activity
  • Mealworms experiment / activity -->>> sample solutions
  • Puzzle discussions --->>> Longitudinal Development for some Mental perations Chart
  • Rings around the rose
  • Post Puzzle review

Questions to help understand a learning theory and how to use it to make teaching decisions

• What is the difference between how children learn, how children construct knowledge, and what a learning theory explains?
• How do assimilation, disequilibration, cognitive dissonance, equilibration, accommodation, ZPG (zone of proximal development), and developmentally appropriate fit in a learning theory?
• What variables affect learning?
• How do learning styles fit into a learning theory?
• Describe your interpretation of the statement: All people learn differently.
• How should instructional theories or models fit with a learning theory?

Real world application

• Principal, "Tell me how you believe children learn?"
• Principal, "If I walk into your classroom what will I see?"
• Principal, "Describe how teachers can use a theory on how children learn and incorporate it into their classroom instruction.
• Principal, "Tell me how you will teach so children can learn?