This document provides an overview of cognitive learning theory developed by Jean Piaget. It describes Piaget's background and key aspects of his theory including the four stages of cognitive development from sensorimotor to formal operations. The document also outlines how cognitive learning theory applies in classroom settings with and without technology, focusing on how teachers can structure lessons and how students can demonstrate their learning.

1. Cognitive Learning Theory
By: Jon and Kaitlyn

2. Jean Piaget
• Lived from 1896-1980
• Psychologist who helped shape constructivist movement
• Grew up in Switzerland
• Worked as professor at University of Geneva
• Taught Child Psychology
• Praised for his work in developmental psychology
(Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia)

3. Key Points of Cognitive Learning Theory
• Children learn by constructing their own
knowledge
• Four stages of cognitive development
• Sensorimotor – Learning through the senses
(0-2 Yrs.)
• Preoperational – Speech and communication
improve (2- 6/7 Yrs.)
• Concrete operational – Begin using problem
solving (6/7 – 11/12 Yrs.)
• Formal operational – Comparative reasoning
(11/12 – adulthood)
• Movement from concrete to abstract
thinking

4. Key Points of Cognitive Learning Theory
• Assimilation
• Children incorporate new knowledge as they
experience new things
• Accommodation
• Children use new knowledge to make sense of
their environment
• Community of Inquiry
• Learning occurs through community interaction
• “Construction of meaning through sustained
communication” (Baturday)

5. What does the teacher do under the
Cognitive Learning Theory with
Technology?
• Web quests
• Scavenger hunts
• Treasure hunts
• Citation: (Shelly, Gunter, and Gunter
267-268)

6. What does the teacher do under the
Cognitive Learning Theory without
Technology?
• Concrete props
• Visual aids
• Models and/or timelines
• Opportunities to classify and group
information
• Hierarchies to facilitate assimilation of new
information with previous knowledge
• Require logical analytical thinking- Brain
teasers
• Citation: ("Jean Piaget")

7. What do the students do under the
Cognitive Learning Theory with
Technology?
• Word processing software
• Concept map development
• Virtual field trip
• Citation: ("The world of education
from one young teacher's
perspective")

8. What do the students do under the
Cognitive Learning Theory without
Technology?
• Explain how they solved a problem
• Work in pairs
• Answer essay questions with multiple
possible answers
• Citation: ("Jean Piaget")

9. Works Cited
"A Teacher Affect Eternity." The world of education from one young teacher's perspective.
Wordpress.com, 13 Jul 2009. Web. 16 Nov 2013.
<http://derrickmgreen.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/cognitive-learning-theory-andtechnology/>.
• Baturay, M.H. “Relationships Among Sense of Classroom Community, Perceived Cognitive
Learning and Satisfaction of Students at an E-learning Course.” Interactive Learning
Environments 19.5 (2011): 563-75. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Nov. 2013.
• Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia “Jean Piaget.” 2013. Academic Search Premier. Web.
16 Nov. 2013.
• "Jean Piaget." Education Implications and Activities. Weebly. Web. 16 Nov 2013.
<http://piaget.weebly.com/educational-implications--activities.html>.
• Shelly, Gary, Glenda Gunter, and Randolph Gunter. Teachers Discovering Computers:
Integrating Technology in a Connected World. 7th ed. Boston, MA: Course
Technology, 2012. 267-268. Print.
• All images from: http://www.morguefile.com/archive#/?q=learning&sort=pop&photo_lib=morgueFile