CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

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Jot is having a hard time with Algebra. This is normal, according to Piaget, because he’s only 10. He is in the ____ ____ stage.
A
concrete operational
B
formal operational
C
preoperational
D
sensorimotor
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The concrete-operational stage depicts an important step in the cognitive development of children (Piaget, 1947). According to Piaget, thinking in this stage is characterized by logical operations, such as conservation, reversibility or classification, allowing logical reasoning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kids at this age become more logical about concrete and specific things, but they still struggle with abstract ideas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Formal Operational Stage Adolescents who reach this fourth stage of intellectual development–usually at age 11-plus–are able to use symbols related to abstract concepts, such as algebra and science.

Detailed explanation-4: -The concrete operational stage (7–11 years) They can now understand that events do not always relate to them and that others have different points of view. Children also become able to apply logical, concrete rules to physical objects. However, they cannot yet do the same thing for abstract concepts.

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