Module 8 Assignment #1: Overview of Cognitive Development (6/18-6/21)

Read VLS (2013) Cognitive Development

Watch the video Preschools: Cognitive Development which can be found on BMCC’s library in the Academic Online Video: Premium video database, follow there directions and/ or these video instructions to locate the video. I suggest completing this handout as you watch the video.

Read Reich-Shapiro (2018)  on Piaget.

ReichShapiro (2018) Piaget

Watch the video below on Piaget’s Stage Theory of Cognitive Development.  I suggest completing this handout as you watch the video.

Read Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory

Vygotsky Rev

Watch the video below on Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory of Development.  I suggest completing this handout as you watch the video.

After reading and watching the video, answer the questions below:

1. What is cognitive development?
2. Who are 2 theorists often associated with early childhood cognitive development?
   1. What does each theorist believe?
   2. How are the theorist’s beliefs similar? How are they different?
3. How do we observe or understand a child’s cognitive development?
4. How does language and literacy connect to cognitive development?
5. How does play connect to cognitive development?
6. How can teachers support young children’s cognitive development?