1 Cognitive skills are developed through experimentation.
2 Cultural information is necessary for the development of linguistic skills.
3 Children need a mentor to help them understand new ideas.. 4 The human brain accommodates new information.
5 Children accumulate knowledge by interacting with their environment.
a Fresh knowledge causes the brain to adjust its cognitive structures.
b By testing different theories, children gain a new understanding of their surroundings.
c Trial and error is a means of evolving new thought processes. d When our fixed views are challenged, we acquire new concepts. e A guide is an important part of children’s learning processes.