Outline 3 main ideas in Piaget's stages of development (Green & Piel, 2010; Meece & Daniels, 2011; Miller, 2011)

1. Moving from one stage to another represents a qualitative change in thinking - a difference in the WAY children think, not the amount they know. 2. Children's development is steady and gradual, and experiences in one stage form the foundation for movement to the next. 3. All people pass through each stage in the SAME ORDER but at DIFFERENT RATES. Students at the same age may be at different stages as a result of different experiences in a certain area (Kuhn, Pease, & Wirkala, 2009; Siegler, 2012).