Research Journal Assignment #3a: Exploring Research Topic

I did a little research into the basics of the theories and what the main points are for each one. Upon doing the research I found the fundamental differences in each. In order to begin this research I looked on Technorati, Google, and Wikipedia. These sites then directed me to more appropriate sites to find the information I was looking for. Lastly I book marked the sites I found useful to my research and sites I might want to revisit on my Delicious account, providing an accurate description of what I found on these sites.

Piaget's Theory stresses:

• Child led learning/hands on experience
• Assimilation and Accommodation as a form of learning new information
• Schemas as ways to classify information
• Stages through which children progress cognitively in their development
• And operation and play as a form of learning

While Vygotsky's Theory stresses:

• Adult facilitated learning
• The idea of the zone of proximal development as a form of learning new information
• Belief in self talk as means to further understanding
• Emphasized the society and culture's role in conditioning learners
• He also marked language as the key tool in development