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Child and Adolescent Development for Educators, 2/e
Judith Meece, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Student Study Guide by Nancy Defrates-Densch
Cognitive Development: Piaget's and Vygotsky's Theories

Web Links


Developmental Milestones
(http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/index.htm?page=splangmi.html)

Lists cognitive developmental milestones for children through age 3.
Jean Piaget Archives
(http://www.unige.ch/piaget/PiagetGB.html)

Archive of Piaget's work. Includes biographical information.
Jean Piaget Society
(http://www.piaget.org/)

Links to tutorials on Piaget's theory, Vygotsky's theory, and information processing theory. Resources for students. List of resources for students who are interested in more advanced reading relative to Piaget's theory.
Applications and Misapplications of Cognitive Psychology to Mathematics Education
(http://act.psy.cmu.edu/personal/ja/misapplied.html)

Article regarding how constructivism has been applied and misapplied to the teaching of mathematics.
Genetic Epistemology
(http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/piaget.html)

Discussion of Piaget's theory with links to other resources and quicktime video of Piaget himself discussing his work.
Social Development Theory
(http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/vygotsky.html)

Discussion of Vygotsky's theory and its significance. Includes links to other sites.
Social Constructivism
(http://www.coe.uh.edu/~srmehall/theory/social.html)

Brief outline of Vygotsky's theory, including classroom applications.
Lev Vygotsky
(http://www.bestpraceduc.org/people/LevVygotsky.html)

Biography of Vygotsky. Includes links to other resources.
Tools of the Mind Project
(http://www.bestpraceduc.org/TOTM/)

Describes a reading and writing program in Denver, Colorado, that uses principles of Vygotsky's theory.
Constructivism: University of Colorado at Denver School of Education
(http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html)

Discusses both cognitive and social constructivism.








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