Investigates the language used by teachers and 35 children of 4 years in Ausubelian (AP) and Piagetian (PP) preschool programs. Both groups of teachers used closed questions more often than open-ended questions. Children in AP performed significantly better than children in PP on tasks involving process operations. (RJC)

Presents a view of developmentally appropriate practice that differs from that of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). A program that incorporates this view is described in terms of its theoretical perspectives and classroom practices and compared to the NAEYC description of appropriate and inappropriate practice.…

This descriptive study compared language used by teachers and children in Ausubelian and Piagetian preschool programs during small group instruction and related learning activities. Instruction in the Ausubelian program (AP) was based on Ausubel's subsumption theory of learning while that in the Piagetian program (PP) was based on Piaget's theory…