Accommodation - ANSWERSPiaget - Changing or altering our existing schemas from
new information; changing behavior to account for new knowledge; "accommodate info"
Equilibration - ANSWERSPiaget - Maintaining a balance between assimilation and
accommodation
Personal - Cognitive Constructivist Theorist - ANSWERSPiaget
Social Cognitive Constructivist Theorist - ANSWERSVygotsky
Higher Mental Functions - ANSWERSVygotsky - Independent learning and thinking
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - ANSWERSVygotsky - level of development in
between tasks a learner can do independently, and tasks a learner can not do without
support; area most sensitive for learning
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO) - ANSWERSVygotsky - Someone with a better
understanding or higher ability level than the learner
Concrete Operational Stage - ANSWERSPiaget (7 - 11 years): Begins to think logically;
Concept of conservation; Struggles w/abstract concepts; Concrete learning
Formal Operational Stage - ANSWERSPiaget (12 years and up): Increased logic and
moral reasoning, understands abstract ideas
Schema - ANSWERSPiaget - Organized pattern of behavior or thoughts; experiences
Assimilation - ANSWERSPiaget - Process of fitting new information into existing
schemas; applying previous knowledge
Scaffolding - ANSWERSSupport from MKO that guides a learner; provides support
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