In this article, we will discuss the Concept Formation.
Define Concept Formation.
Concept Formation is a process by which a person learns to sort specific experiences into general rules or classes.
Number: Children’s understanding of one-to-one correspondence is complete by the age of 6 or 7. For example, school-age children realise that 6 remains 6 whether it is represented as 5+1, 9-3 or 6 stars.
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Time: Children have difficulty placing events in their appropriate time sequence until age 8. Units of time (minutes, hours, years etc.) have little meaning to them. After age 8, children have a more precise understanding of time passage. They are usually able to classify past and future events according to how recently they happened.
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Spatial Operations: Children have difficulty understanding distance before they reach school age because they don’t comprehend the basic units of measurement (miles, feet, km etc.). The ability to navigate within a new environment develops slowly during the school years. Young school children lose their spatial sense easily in unfamiliar and complex spaces. Older children can draw a map of the area if they have had the chance to thoroughly explore the space, but even 10-year-olds have trouble creating a cognitive map of environmental space to give directions or locate an object (Siegal).
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Classifications: Class addition of classes is well developed in school-age children. They can form class hierarchies and understand that all things have multiple identities.
Most children can understand the multiplication of classes by age 6 or 7. A 7-8-year-old child in the stage of concrete operations can sort cutouts in two shapes and two colours into appropriate groups.
Seriation: In addition to classifying and grouping objects, school-age children are capable of sequencing and ordering objects concerning some measurable dimension, for example, weight or size. This process is called seriation.
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