3-2-1-Blog! Week 1- Cognitive Development
1st thing I learned- I learned about the scientific names for the some different parts of the brain: ie. cortex, frontal lobe, etc. I learned the purposes these different sections of the brain serve: ie. cortex- connected to sense organs, controls voluntary movement and creates associations.
2nd thing I learned- I learned that in order for children to develop thinking, they need to be mentally, physically and linguistically active. This means that in order for them to understand and make connections to what they are learning, they need to do any or most of the following: experiment, describe, reflect, talk, reflect, solve problems and reflect. Students must ask questions!!! (I knew this, it’s just super important!).
3rd thing I learned- I learned about assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation is trying to relate new information to yourself and accommodation is having to change your thought processes to ingest more information (sometimes ingest it better).
1st connection I made- A connection I made is Piaget’s “cognitive development influenced by social interaction”. I see this in my own family. My brothers and I (I’m sure everyone else too) begin to take on the personalities and mannerisms of the people we are around most, therefore we are being influence by social interaction.
2nd connection I made- A connection I made is in the guidelines- using physical objects and seeing/doing to better understand a concept. I am an extremely visual learner and like many others, it helps my understanding to be able to experience things.
1 question I still have- On page 41, the guidelines discuss using concrete objects and visual aides as much as possible. I’m wondering at what point you should take away these crutches- what age should children be able to do math without relying on these additional resources?
