Case Study Of Concrete Operational Stage In Piaget's Stages Of Development

Mr. Davis third graders are most likely around the ages of 8 and 9. This would place them in the Concrete Operational Stage in Piaget's Stages of Development. In this stage, the children are acquiring the ability to understand adult logic. This would make it seem that students would be able to comprehend how to go through with this experiment. This is not the case because these students are barely starting to understand logical thought. The children need guidance on how to go about doing this experiment. This could be very overwhelming and intimidating for the children to even try to attempt. During this stage, children cannot think abstractly so they won’t be able to inference what is going to happen over time. This will hinder them in trying