CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cognitive ability, sometimes referred to as general intelligence (g), is essential for human adaptation and survival. It includes the capacity to “reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience” (Plomin, 1999).

Detailed explanation-2: -Cognitive or intellectual development means the growth of a child’s ability to think and reason. It’s about how they organize their minds, ideas and thoughts to make sense of the world they live in.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cognitive development means how children think, explore and figure things out. It is the development of knowledge, skills, problem solving and dispositions, which help children to think about and understand the world around them. Brain development is part of cognitive development.

Detailed explanation-4: -Intellectual development in children happens quickly using the kind of experiences that they gain. With time and experience, their memory, problem-solving skills, reasoning, and thinking abilities get honed and developed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Information processing is a term which refers to the series of cognitive mechanisms that enable us to monitor, interpret, evaluate and respond to incoming stimuli (via the five senses of vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell).