- Both were constructivist - Both Believed that social forces set the limits of development

1. Piaget's Ideas

2. Four discrete stages

3. Cognitive Development is limited by stages

4. Young children are schematic

5. Motivation to maintain cognitive equilibrium

6. Development occurs when assimilation is not possible (Adaptation)

7. Vygotsky's Ideas

8. Continuous Development (No stages)

9. Zone of proximal development

10. Socially transmitted knowledge (cooperative learning and scaffolding)

11. Private speech helps internalize knowledge