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DeVries, Rheta – Educational Researcher, 1997
Argues that Piaget did not consider social factors to be important in his developmental theory and considers some of the practical educational implications of Piaget's social theory. Piaget's notion of the role of social factors is reviewed, and the educational implications of the cooperative context favoring operational development with reference…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Cultural Influences
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DeVries, Rheta; Zan, Betty – Young Children, 1995
Uses transcripts to present two very different approaches to helping children remember rules, reflecting very different sociomoral atmospheres that will influence children's development positively or negatively. Explores grouptime, decision making, and conflict resolution as they occur in constructivist classrooms characterized by mutual respect…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Decision Making