Concrete+operational+stage

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Definition:
This is a stage during which children construct schemes that enable them to think logically about objects and events in the real world. HGD, Chapter 9, p. 223 Related__ pp. 37-38__

Examples:
By age 6, most children have begun to show some signs of the concrete operational stage and can quickly figure out that a lump of clay has the same mass no matter how its appearance is changed.

A child might be able to recognize that his or her dog is a Labrador, that a Labrador is a dog, and that a dog is an animal.

Analogies:
According to Piaget a 5 year old child in the pre-operational stage uses simple logic and develops the ability to take others' points of view. However, a 7 year old child in the #|concrete operational stage takes a great leap forward with the #|development of new internal operations, such as conversation and class inclusion.

Mnemonics:

 * __C__ore __O__ut __S__chemes**
 * C O S 3**
 * C**oncrete
 * O**perational
 * S**tage **3**

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