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Subject: My Connection with Piaget's Theory and More!

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Tammy Elliott

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Date Posted: 21:54:49 01/20/08 Sun

I enjoyed class on yesterday. Dr. Hagan touched on a lot of areas that I have been able to identify with in my students and my teaching.

From the class discussion and my reading, I find that the third and fourth stages of Piaget's Theory, are very evident in my acadumically wide range of students. I teach Honors Physical Science and General Science. The Honors students display the characteristics of the Formal Operational stage, whereas, they think "outside of the box". Their thought process, ability and approach in solving problems are logical. A select few of my General Science students display the characteristics of the Concrete Operational stage. These students can not grasp a new concept if they can not relate physcially. They have to be able to see or feel something. For them it has to be real. They need to be able to go through or have gone through the process to make sense of the concepts or skills presented in class.

Another subject from class discussion that hit home with me was the Key Factors in Observational Learning: Attention, Retention, Reproduction and Motivation. This opened a window in my thoughts on how to present new skills and monitor for comprehension. I really learned something during this part of our group discussion.

As I said earlier, I connected with many areas of Dr. Hagan's lecture and class discussion. Looking forward to learning more from the classmates and Dr. Hagan during our nezt meeting.

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Re: My Connection with Piaget's Theory and More!	Melodie Miller	22:54:13 01/24/08 Thu