CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The formal operational stage begins at approximately age eleven and lasts till adulthood. During this time, people develop the ability to think about abstract concepts, and logically test hypotheses.

Detailed explanation-2: -At when elementary level children can use deductive logic, while at the primary level children prefer inductive logic. So by all these references, we can say that in the formal operational stage of cognitive development the ability for abstract thinking and scientific reasoning develops.

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. They can think about things in systematic ways, come up with theories, and consider possibilities.

Detailed explanation-4: -The concrete operational stage is the third stage in Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development. In this stage, children gain the abilities of conservation of number, area, volume, and orientation. Child begins to think logically about objects and events.

Detailed explanation-5: -From Fatima Malik and Raman Marwaha authors of Cognitive Development: “Formal operational stage (12 years and up), suggests an adolescent can use logical operations with the ability to use abstractions. He can understand theories and hypothesize and comprehend abstract ideas like love and justice.”2.