Concrete Operational Thinking toward Abstract Thinking (Cognitive Development)

Students’ cognitive processes reflect concrete operational thought. Students demonstrate a greater ability to reason logically, apply mental concrete operations to everyday situations and problem solve. Students organize information in more complex ways and can now apply principles of hierarchical classification to the world around them. Some 5th grade students demonstrate threads of abstract thinking, which will develop more fully as they move into the Middle School years.
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