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Figure 1: Key Aspects of Learning to Think (LTT)
Curriculum
Piaget's theory, as referenced by Evans in 1973, suggested that children go
through four distinct stages of cognitive development: sensorimotor, pre-
operations,
concrete operations, and formal operations. Each of these stages involves specific
cognitive tasks that need to be successfully accomplished. In contrast, Vygotsky argued
in his work from 1978 that children's development can be enriched through interactions
with adults and more knowledgeable peers, particularly within the zone of proximal
development. He asserted that "effective learning" occurs when it is slightly beyond a
child's current level of development.
The fusion of Piaget's
framework, encompassing four cognitive development
stages, with Vygotsky's concept of the zone of proximal development, coupled with the
idea that effective learning should slightly surpass
current developmental levels,
establishes the theoretical basis for evaluating the relative difficulty of activities within
the LTT curriculum. Consequently, the difficulty level of these activities is adjusted not
only to align with a student's current abilities but also to present challenges that
stimulate the enhancement of their thinking skills, creativity, academic performance,
and motivation for
learning, as described by Hu et al. in 2011.
Conclusion
In this paper, the author has undertaken an extensive examination of the
development of critical thinking abilities in elementary school students. Our
Theoretical Foundations
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