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Peer reviewedSmith, Leslie – Human Development, 1996
Compares Piaget's and Vygotsky's interpretations of transmission and transformation. Notes that differences are apparent in the preformation of knowledge, availability of a third alternative to nature and culture, and unity and identity in social interaction. Vygotsky was concerned about the novel transformation of the learner; Piaget, with the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Individual Development, Knowledge Level, Piagetian Theory
