scheme: what Perry four categories of development do most college students progress sequentially through?
Dualism: Students view knowledge in binary categories—right answers versus wrong answers. They believe teachers hold the "right" answers, and the students job is to learn and retain these answers. • Multiplicity: Students begin to realize that gray areas can be found in knowledge and that people may have differences of opinion in unproven matters. • Relativism: Students begin to examine opinions systematically, to validate or debunk them in various contexts of knowledge. • Commitment in relativism: Students choose to commit to certain beliefs based on personal opinions, beliefs, interests, needs, and goals. Typically, they realize that they should remain flexible in their commi
