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Peer reviewedRowell, J.A. – Human Development, 1983
Argues that the status of the concept of equilibration is classified by considering Piagetian theory as a research program in the sense elaborated in 1974 by Lakatos. A pilot study was made to examine the precision and testability of equilibration in Piaget's 1977 model.(Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cybernetics, Models
Download full textFloden, Robert E. – 1986
The cognitive learning processes of assimilation and accommodation are critically examined in this paper. A special focus is given to an analysis of the process of assimilation as it is proposed in Hugh Petrie's book, "The Dilemma of Enquiry and Learning." Initially, Piaget's biological metaphor of assimilation-accommodation is reviewed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cybernetics, Elementary Secondary Education
