1. Describe an episode in the case study that demonstrates disequilibrium. Justify your response. Describe an episode that demonstrates assimilation. Justify your response.
-Amy thinks that the class fish has just been sleeping and that maybe it forgot how to swim and sleep. She does not think the the extent that the fish might have died. When she tells the teacher something is wrong the teacher explains the situation and she did not think he was dead because when her grandpa died he left and went to heaven. The fish was still in the tank and did not go anywhere.
2. Identify a possible instance of preoperational egocentrism in the case. Justify your response.
-When Amy and Lucy are referring to heaven they are relating it to their life on earth even though they don't know what heaven will be like. They are using the knowledge they know to figure out what it would be like.
3. How might a Vygotskian theorist suggest Ms. Bowman address the death of the class pet?
-She should figure out the level in which the students can understand death and what happens, then she can let the students know what has gone on. She will explain that it was no one persons fault, but that it was the fishes time to go.
4. How might taking care of pets in the classroom promote students' cognitive development?
- It teaches the students responsibility and also helps them grow. Just like them the fish needs to eat so they need to feed the fish and clean the fish bowl to keep him safe and alive.
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