CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Understanding that ice cubes melt is an example of reversibility. Reversibility. The child learns that some things that have been changed can be returned to their original state. Water can be frozen and then thawed to become liquid again, but eggs cannot be unscrambled.

Detailed explanation-2: -n. in Piagetian theory, a mental operation that reverses a sequence of events or restores a changed state of affairs to the original condition. It is exemplified by the ability to realize that a glass of milk poured into a bottle can be poured back into the glass and remain unchanged.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reversibility in the Concrete Operational Stage An example of reversibility is that a child might be able to recognize that his or her dog is a Labrador, that a Labrador is a dog, and that a dog is an animal.

Detailed explanation-4: -2. The preoperational stage (2–7 years) During this stage, children build on object permanence and continue to develop abstract mental processes. This means they can think about things beyond the physical world, such as things that happened in the past.