Pre-operationalstage
7-11 years
Children's thought process becomes more rationale like an adult. Use critical thinking to expand on concepts of knowledge. By manipulating and experimenting they gain a better understanding that objects aren't always found as they had appeared when they were younger and occur in different scenarios e.g. blocks appear in stack, now can be scattered and manipulated to represent different formations. Start to order information in a logical format. Learn to generate ideas from a operational thought process, link ideas, experiment, process and evaluate. Children can synthesising concisely making deeper connections and intern give a clearer analysis. They become more creative and logical in the creative process to learn information out of their comfort zone that has a higher difficulty.
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