Definition of Piagetian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of Jean Piaget.

Partainyms: Piaget
Derivative terms: Piaget

Definition of Piagetian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to (w Jean Piaget) (1896–1980), Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher known for his epistemological studies with children. ¹

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Literary usage of Piagetian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Role of Psychological Tests in Education in South Africa: Issues by Kenneth Owen (1998)
"4.2 Piagetian APPROACH According to Piaget (Hoy & Gregg 1994: 134-135), intelligence does not develop linearly but is constructed by successive stages of ..."

2. Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1990)
"The central feature of this training approach was to have students carefully work through Piagetian-based laboratory experiments. Whimbey et al. ..."

3. Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for edited by Ada-Helen Bayer, Frances L. Brisbane, Amelie Ramirez, Leonard G. Epstein (1998)
"Piagetian assessment, however, belongs in a later section concerning ... Consequently, a more complete discussion of Piagetian approaches is included there. ..."

4. The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Proceedings by Yusuf Pisan, SIGART. (2005)
"In Piagetian terms, the process of content modification is similar to the notion of assimilation (integration of a new skill/knowledge within an old schema) ..."

5. Teaching The Best Practice Way: Methods That Matter, K-12 by Harvey Daniels, Marilyn Bizar (2005)
"I was not seeing metacognitive growth during discussions, and I wondered if perhaps the Piagetian research I read was right—that metacognition can't be ..."

6. Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time by Teri S. Lesesne (2003)
"Remember the classic Piagetian test of where students are? Take two identical containers of liquid (I use a can of Coke and a can of Sprite for this ..."

7. Issues of Curriculum Reform in Science, Mathematics and Higher Order by Ronald D. Anderson (1994)
"The Piagetian implications are that concrete experiences with science phenomena should be provided before terminology. Concepts, too, should be derived from ..."

8. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"(In the context of Piagetian studies, the adjective 'genetic' means 'ontogenetic' or 'developmental,' rather than 'hereditary.') Yet, even after Piaget had ..."

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