APPLYING PIAGET’S THEORY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT TO MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION

Jean Piaget's cognitive development theory discusses how an individual progresses through the learning process in stages. This paper focuses on Jean Piaget's developmental stages and how to apply this theory to the learning of mathematics. Each stage has been described and characterized, highlighting appropriate mathematical techniques that help to lay a solid foundation for learning of mathematics in future. General implications of the knowledge of stages of development have been incorporated for instructions in mathematics.