CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Conservation is the understanding that something stays the same in quantity even though its appearance changes. This can apply to aspects such as volume, number, area etc. To be more technical conservation is the ability to understand that redistributing material does not affect its mass, number, volume or length.

Detailed explanation-2: -The concrete operational child is able to make use of logical principles in solving problems involving the physical world. For example, the child can understand principles of cause and effect, size, and distance.

Detailed explanation-3: -For example, a child has one friend who is rude, another friend who is also rude, and the same is true for a third friend. The child may conclude that friends are rude. We will see that this way of thinking tends to change during adolescence being replaced with deductive reasoning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old) Preoperational stage (2–7 years old) Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old) Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)