An Assimilative Base Model of Strategy-Knowledge Interactions

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
An Assimilative Base Model is presented that is related to the later research and writings of Jean Piaget. The model is an attempt to capture the dynamics of the interaction between educational tasks in school settings and the assimilative base of the students, that is, the network of active relationships that are brought to the tasks. Three interchange processes are elaborated: automatic skill development, puzzlement leading to reorganization of relationships, and strategy development leading to enrichment of relationships. Special stress is placed on the difference between skills and strategies as related to curriculum planning. Practical suggestions for the improvement of instruction in writing are outlined, stressing the importance of collaborative social interactions among all children, including children labeled as learning disabled. Such collaborative interactions are seen as an arena for puzzlement and consequent strategy development leading to the enrichment of knowledge. In sum, the focus is on the processes involved in the acquisition of knowledge exemplified by Piaget's later and less well known work rather than the old emphasis upon stages and logical models.

This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit: