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Cognitive Development
Theory 1
Lev Vygotsky 
Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development
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(Centre for Learning Innovation, 2006)
Vygotsky and Piaget constructed their theories around the same. Vygotsky however constructed his theory with emphasis on the importance not only of a relationship between a parents and a child but that of a child and a peer or adult with more knowledge.
Vygotsky created the term "Zone of Proximal Development" in order to explain just how capable a child is of learning new skills with the assistance and guidance of an adult.
Theory 2
Jean Piaget
In Piaget's theory the importance of maturation was emphasized as well as the importance to provide an environment that stimulates a child and creates a space to explore.
(Centre for Learning Innovation, 2006)
He considered that the way in which children think went through four different stages and these changed in each stage.
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Definition
Cognitive development is the process of how children grow in their thinking, exploring and problem solving and how they take in and adapt an understanding of the world around them and their peers. It is also the process in the brain develops within each of us human beings.
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