Developmental stages: Levinson

Some developmental theorists, like American psychologist Daniel J. Levinson (Levinson 1978:57 in Dacey 1982:74--79), classify developmental stages of learning by chronological age.

Levinson identified five stages, which he called eras, in the lives of the men he studied. Here are the stages he identified:

1. Preadulthood (birth to age 22)
2. Early adulthood (age 17 to 45)
3. Middle adulthood (age 40 to 64)
4. Late adulthood (age 60 to 85)
5. Late late adulthood (age 80 and over)

• Developmental theories of learning

See the following portions of online books for more information:

• Cognition and Learning, Developmental theories

The New Encyclopaedia Britannica 1988:Vol. 14, 721

• Fact module: Developmental stages: Levinson
• In overview module: Developmental theories of learning
• In overview module: Learning theories, by Patricia M. Davis
• In overview module: Learning research, by Patricia M. Davis
• In overview module: Reading and learning research, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor) and Leah B. Walter (contributor)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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