Cognitive Development

1. changes in thinking, reasoning and decision making

2. due to growth and maturation

3. Three questions across theories

3.1. Nature vs. Nurture

3.1.1. Continuity vs. discontinuity

3.1.1.1. Critical vs. Sensitive Periods

4. Audience: high school age and older

4.1. content is sophisticated and may be too complex for younger students to comprehend

5. General Principals of Development

5.1. people develop at different rates

5.1.1. development is relatively orderly

5.1.1.1. development takes place gradually

6. Neurons are crucial for cognitive development in the brain

7. functioning due to forming new connections and using new areas of the brain

8. Piaget

8.1. Theory of Cognitive Development

8.2. Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational

8.2.1. http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608004791793420889&pid=15.1

9. Culture

9.1. important effects come from a child's cultural and social group

10. Vygotsky's Sociocultural Perspective

10.1. Sociohistoric

11. Cultural Tools

11.1. technical tools in the digital age

12. Role of Language

13. Purpose: Informative

13.1. useful for parents, teachers and others looking for further information of cognitive development

14. Narration: mostly text

14.1. hopefully video clips will be used to inform with visuals and auditory

15. Creative Commons

15.1. music, pictures and videos will be gathered from CC or with proper permission to display digital citizenship

16. http://www.cehd.umn.edu/NCEO/onlinepubs/Synthesis87/fig01.gif

17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyhK9beGuQU

17.1. Hienz dilema and moral and cognitive reasoning

18. I will personally produce the music or receive it from Creative Commons