Cognitive acceleration, or CA, is an approach to teaching designed to develop students' thinking ability, developed by Michael Shayer and Philip Adey beginning in 1981 at King's College London. It builds on the work of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky and takes a constructivist approach.
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Core ClaimCognitive acceleration applies Piagetian stage theory and Vygotsky's zone of proximal development within a constructivist approach, where learners construct meaning for themselves rather than absorbing facts directly. 1 Sources
1. Cognitive acceleration (Wikipedia)
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Cognitive acceleration or CA is an approach to teaching designed to develop students' thinking ability, developed by Michael Shayer and Philip Adey from 1981 at King's College London.
Theoretical basis section, constructivist approach
concepts cannot be learned in the same way as facts and descriptions. Learners need to 'construct' meaning for themselves.
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