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How do Piaget's and Vygotsky's ideas compare? Consider these questions:
  • How do their basic assumptions compare?

  • How did each view the role of the individual? Culture?

  • How did each view the relationship between development and learning?

  • Did they both believe in invariant stages?

  • How did each interpret children's tendency to talk to themselves?

  • How did each view the role of adults or others in the process of development?

  • How did their approaches to describing development differ?

  • What type of educational approach would each advocate?

  • How would each view attempts by others to accelerate development?