CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Children also become able to apply logical, concrete rules to physical objects. However, they cannot yet do the same thing for abstract concepts.

Detailed explanation-2: -Limitations of concrete operational thought. These new cognitive skills increase the child’s understanding of the physical world, however according to Piaget, they still cannot think in abstract ways. Additionally, they do not think in systematic scientific ways.

Detailed explanation-3: -The child is now mature enough to use logical thought or operations (i.e. rules) but can only apply logic to physical objects (hence concrete operational). Children gain the abilities of conservation (number, area, volume, orientation), reversibility, seriation, transitivity and class inclusion.

Detailed explanation-4: -The formal operational stage begins at approximately age twelve and lasts into adulthood. As adolescents enter this stage, they gain the ability to think in an abstract manner by manipulating ideas in their head, without any dependence on concrete manipulation (Inhelder & Piaget, 1958).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Concrete Operational Stage: 7 to 11 Years Major Characteristics and Developmental Changes: Children begin to thinking logically about concrete events.