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Cognitive Development in Childhood

This module examines what cognitive development is, major theories about how it occurs, the roles of nature and nurture, whether it is continuous or discontinuous, and how research in the area is being used to improve education.

Keywords:: Sociocultural theory, Piagetian theory, Conservation problems, Developmental stages, Children's thinking, cool4ed, Cognitive development, Information processing theory

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Education / TeacherEd / Educational Psychology

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Material Type:: Online Course Module
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 13, 2015
Date Modified in MERLOT:: September 17, 2019
Author:: Robert Siegler, NOBA
Submitter:: Naomi Otieno
Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
Technical Format:: Website

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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States