Misinterpretations of Piaget's Theory.

Wadsworth, Barry

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Publication Date: 1981-Sep

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Misinterpretations of Piaget's Theory.

Wadsworth, Barry

Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, v47 n1 p56-58 Sep 1981

Refutes six common misconceptions about Piaget's theories, including their educational implications; Piaget's position on heredity v environment; and the relationships between developmental stages, age, and brain growth spurts. Condensed from "Impact on Instructional Improvement", Winter 1981, p7-11. (SJL)

Descriptors: Age, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development, Learning Experience, Learning Theories, Nature Nurture Controversy, Neurology

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