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stand their cognitive development Piaget: Background ? Young Piaget was incredibly precocious – Published first paper at 10 – Wrote on mollusks, based on these writings was asked to be curator of mollusks at a museum in Geneva (he declined in order to finish secondary school) – Earned his doctorate in natural sciences at 21 – Began to study psychology, applying intelligence tests to school children Constructivism ? Assumption that learning is an active process of construction rather than a passive assimilation of information or rote memorization. ? Credited for founding constructivism ? Has had a large influence on American schools …Piaget and Constructivism ? Best known for idea that individuals construct their understanding, that learning is a constructive process – Active learning as opposed to simply absorbing info from a teacher, book, etc. – The child is seen as a ?little scientist? constructing understandings of the world largely alone ….Piaget amp。Piaget?s Psychological Development Piaget (1896 1980) ? Swiss Psychologist, worked for several decades on understanding children?s cogni