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CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE - Coggle Diagram
CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE
Ages
7-12
characterized by
The development of organized and rational thinking
The beginning of logical thought shows the children are mature enough to use operations (rules) to solve problems
Children are typically not yet able to think abstractly or hypothetically
Children are able to represent transformations as well as static states of objects
At this stage children can
Decenter, or focus, on more than one aspect of a task and use reversibility to mentally work through a series of mental actions and then reverse the process
Children are able to
Classify things in a hierarchical way based on different aspects of the items.
Order items by dimension such as length or diameter
which is called
seriation
Use selective attention to be able to focus on the task at hand and screen out distractions. The more information children learn at this stage, the more substantial cognitive growth is acquired
The ability to use concrete operational thinking depends on
The children’s concrete experiences, and without a familiar context, they are unable to think abstractly
Children understand
The concrete operation of conservation
Conservation is
The ability to understand that something stays the same in quantity