Η θεωρία των επικαλυπτόμενων κυμάτων ως θεωρία ερμηνείας της γνωστικής ανάπτυξης – Εφαρμογή της θεωρίας στους ευφυείς μαθητές

Abstract

According to the overlapping waves theory children at any given age have a repertoire of diverse learning strategies. Overlapping Wave Theory identifies presence of adaptation, variability, age and experience factors in children’s learning process. Siegler analyzes how change occurs, but more specifically how change occurs in children’s thinking. He explains that prior studies on children’s cognitive development have concentrated on the quality of choice rather than the quality of the choice processes that generated them. He proposes an evolutionary development framework to be more precise rather than a staircase model view on children’s development. His theory emphasizes that children use various strategies when solving problems, but choose them adaptively depending to prior knowledge or current situation. The development of gifted students consists of acquiring new strategies, ways of thinking about problems, and the increasing reliance of effective choices which is gain through age and experience.