The relation between Piaget's stages of development and
math & science
Sensorimotor (birth 2 years)
- Infants are busy discovering relationships between
their bodies and the environment.
- The infant develops an understanding of the world
through trial and error using their senses and
actions.
The skills
The child in this stage is trying to gather information
through (observing) the environment around him.
As children develop skills in observation, they will
naturally begin to compare and contrast and to
identify similarities and differences.
Concrete operational (7-11years)
- They begin to understand the concept of
conservation; the amount of liquid in a short,
wide cup is equal to that in a tall, skinny glass.
The skills
Children begin to thinking logically about
concrete events. They start identifying the
similarities and the differences and
classifying. Abstract reasoning ability & ability
to generalize from the concrete increases.
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Preoperational (2-7 years)
Representing things with words and image using
intuitive rather than logical reasoning.
-Better speech communication
-Can imagine the future & reflect on the past
-Develop basic numerical abilities
The skills
The child in this stage is exploring and solving
problem.
Formal operations (12-15years)
when children reach the formal operations period,
they are able to think abstractly. This
child no longer needs to have hands-on experience
with objects or physical knowledge of objects
he or she knows in order to think about them and to
solve problems that will result in adaptations
to their environment.
The skills
Children in this stage are able to think about
hypothetical situations. Also form and test
hypotheses.