CSP4801/101/0/2022
Assignment 06: Psychology of Education
This assignment must be uploaded as a PDF on myUnisa. The Turnitin report (showing
the highlighted sections) must be submitted as your assignment on myUnisa. You must
submit your assignment with a cover page and include all references at the end. The
similarity index may not be more than 35%. An assignment that has not been submitted
via Turnitin will not be marked.
1. You have been requested to help the teachers in your school understand cognitive development.
Create a power point presentation in which you describe and explain how cognitive development
occurs. Your presentation should consist of 10 or more slides and ensure that your presentation
is logical. In your presentation
Define cognitive development and give the theorists behind this theory.
In each stage, give examples of appropriate learning and teaching activities (One
example in each stage)
Conclude your presentation by explaining why it is important for teachers to understand
cognitive development.
Include your list of references.
Copy your slides into your Word document answer sheet before converting to
PDF. Do not embed the PowerPoint.
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, Cognitive Development
Paiget’s stages of cognitive development
• Cognitive development means how children think, explore and figure things out.
It is the development of knowledge, skills, problem solving and dispositions,
which help children to think about and understand the world around them. Brain
development is part of cognitive development.
• Cognitive development means the growth of a child's ability to think and reason.
• This growth happens differently from ages 6 to 12, and from ages 12 to 18.
Children ages 6 to 12 years old develop the ability to think in concrete ways.
These are called concrete operations
• Cognitive development is much more than the addition of new facts and ideas to
an existing store of information.
• According to Piaget, our thinking processes change radically, though slowly,
from birth to maturity because we constantly strive to make sense of the world.
• Piaget identified four factors—biological maturation, activity, social experiences,
and equilibration—that interact to influence changes in thinking (Piaget, 1970a).
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Assignment 06: Psychology of Education
This assignment must be uploaded as a PDF on myUnisa. The Turnitin report (showing
the highlighted sections) must be submitted as your assignment on myUnisa. You must
submit your assignment with a cover page and include all references at the end. The
similarity index may not be more than 35%. An assignment that has not been submitted
via Turnitin will not be marked.
1. You have been requested to help the teachers in your school understand cognitive development.
Create a power point presentation in which you describe and explain how cognitive development
occurs. Your presentation should consist of 10 or more slides and ensure that your presentation
is logical. In your presentation
Define cognitive development and give the theorists behind this theory.
In each stage, give examples of appropriate learning and teaching activities (One
example in each stage)
Conclude your presentation by explaining why it is important for teachers to understand
cognitive development.
Include your list of references.
Copy your slides into your Word document answer sheet before converting to
PDF. Do not embed the PowerPoint.
[50]
1|Page
, Cognitive Development
Paiget’s stages of cognitive development
• Cognitive development means how children think, explore and figure things out.
It is the development of knowledge, skills, problem solving and dispositions,
which help children to think about and understand the world around them. Brain
development is part of cognitive development.
• Cognitive development means the growth of a child's ability to think and reason.
• This growth happens differently from ages 6 to 12, and from ages 12 to 18.
Children ages 6 to 12 years old develop the ability to think in concrete ways.
These are called concrete operations
• Cognitive development is much more than the addition of new facts and ideas to
an existing store of information.
• According to Piaget, our thinking processes change radically, though slowly,
from birth to maturity because we constantly strive to make sense of the world.
• Piaget identified four factors—biological maturation, activity, social experiences,
and equilibration—that interact to influence changes in thinking (Piaget, 1970a).
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