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Cognitive Development 1. Connecting Cognitive Development and Constructivism : Implications from theory for Instruction and Assessment Stacey T. Lutz William G. Huitt Citation: Lutz, S., & Huitt, W. (2004). Connecting Cognitive Development and Constructivism : Implications from theory for instruction and assessment. Constructivism in the Human Sciences,9(1), 67-90. Retrieved [date] from This paper provides an overview of the developmental theories of Dewey, Piaget, Vygotsky, and Bruner that provide the basis for the educational application of Constructivism . Activities for developing instruction and assessment built on constructivistic theories are also discussed. A review of the last fifteen years of literature reveals the attempt to consolidate the findings of a number of Cognitive psychologists and philosophers who contend that several major assumptions of the information processing approach to cognition are incomplete.

Cognitive Development 1 Connecting Cognitive Development and Constructivism: Implications from Theory for Instruction and Assessment Stacey T. Lutz

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