Theories of Cognitive Development

t was a progressive reorganization of mental processes as a result from environmental experience and biological maturation (McLeod, Saul, 2009). Children build an understanding of the world around them and then experience differences between what they already know and what they discover in their environment (McLeod, Saul, 2009).
             Piaget theorized that as children interact with their physical and social environments, they organize information into groups of interrelated ideas called "schemes" (Jean Piaget). When children encounter something new, they must either assimilate it into an existing scheme or create an entirely new scheme to deal with it (Wadsworth 1996).
             Piaget thought of children as active and motivated learners who, through nume
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