Important cognitive skills emerge during the teen years ...

Vygotsky died young but his theories continue to resonate today ...

Historically, the study of cognition has focused mainly on adults. With the arrival of constructivist theoreticians such as Jean Piaget, cognitive developmental theory became more visible in ...

The developmental psychologist and genetic epistemologist, Jean Piaget, investigated the cognitive development of children. He identified four stages from the sensorimotor period, culminating at 2 ...

When answers arrive preformed, that developmental pressure disappears. Children still learn, but they may be learning something different.