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COGNITIVE

DEVELOPMENT
OF PRIMARY
SCHOOLERS
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
REFERS TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE BRAIN THROUGH
THOUGHT PROCESSES.
JEAN PIAGET
-MOST INFLUENTIAL
PSYCHOLOGIST
STAGES OF PIAGET’S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

1. SENSORY MOTOR STAGE (BIRTH TO 2 YEARS)

2. PRE-OPERATIONAL STAGE (2 – 7 YEARS)

3. CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE (7 – 11 YEARS)

4. FORMAL OPERATIONAL STAGE (12 – 15 YEARS)


COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOLERS

CHILDREN BEGINS TO THINK…


- IN A LOGICAL WAY BUT HAVE DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING
ABSTRACT OR HYPOTHETICAL CONCEPTS.

- IN A REVERSED WAY
CHILDREN LEARNS IN A SEQUENTIAL MANNER.

- THAT OTHERS HAS THE SAME OPINION LIKE HIM/HER.

- THE TIME WHEN CHILDREN’S CURIOSITY BEGINS


PRIMARY CHILDREN CAN DO THE FOLLOWING:

- CAN TELL LEFT FROM RIGHT

- CAN ABLE TO SPEAK AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES

- IN SCHOOL, THEY SHARE ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR


FAMILIES

- DURING PLAY, THEY PRACTICE THE WORDS THAT THEY LEARN


FROM SCHOOL

- THEY START TO UNDERSTAND TIMES AND DAYS OF THE WEEK

- THEY BEGIN TO REALIZE THAT ONE’S OWN THOUGHT AND


FEELINGS ARE UNIQUE.
*YOUNG PRIMARY-AGED
CHILDREN HAS A SHORT TERM
MEMORY.

LATE PRIMARY-AGED CHILDREN


HAS A LONG TERM MEMORY

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