Piaget stages of development are the foundation of a well-known theory of early childhood development. We explain each of the four stages and explore strategies based on Piaget’s theory for ...

The formal operational stage is the last phase of Piaget’s stages of development. In this phase, kids begin to think theoretically and start reasoning about hypothetical problems.

What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant answers parents' questions around this tricky subject, and how it affects babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

Piaget describes stages of cognitive development 1923 - 1952 Photo: Jean Piaget Jean Piaget (1896-1980) always considered himself a natural scientist, not a psychologist. As a boy he quickly gave ...

Recognizing and responding to students’ cognitive needs helps nurture intellectual and emotional development--and Piaget's Theory is key.

Piaget introduced a category-theoretic formulation of cognitive development in the late 1960s and extended it during the 1970s. The new theory, which has received surprisingly little attention from ...

A replication of Piaget's study of the development of concepts relating to country and nationality was attempted with 144 Glasgow children aged 6 to 11. Piaget's stages proved inapplicable, partly ...

The sensorimotor stage is the first of the four stages of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. It is marked by a child’s knowledge that the outside world exists separately from themselves.