Author Question: As part of an ongoing debate about cognitive development and the role of instruction, two recent ... (Read 66 times)

nautica902 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

As part of an ongoing debate about cognitive development and the role of instruction, two recent reviews on the subject have concluded that

a. good-quality instruction can, at the right time, enhance schema development.
b. schema development is purely heredity and is influenced little, if at all, by the environment.
c. schema development is governed primarily by good-quality instruction.
d. instruction has no role in the assimilation and accommodation of new experiences.

Question 2

According to two recent reviews of the literature on the development of cognition, one might expect that the principle of conservation

a. can be taught only to children who are in the stage of formal operations.
b. can be taught to children entering the concrete operational stage, given the proper concrete instructional materials.
c. can be taught to children entering the preoperational stage, given the proper concrete instructional materials.
d. can be learned only at the appropriate developmental stage, regardless of quality of instruction intended to facilitate this concept.