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In the Oscillation of the Pendulum and Operations of exclusion Study, presented in reading 7 of the reading file an outline of the Stages of Formal Reasoning is shown. (Athabasca University, 2001). They begin w

Piaget’s original theory is in regards to cognitive development. He had developed stages, which describe what level of cognitive development a child will fall into. The theory of formal resoning builds on this theory by focusing on how children or adolescents develop formal reasoning. I have included a table (table 2) that shows Piaget’s stages of Cognitive development. This table was taken from page 109 of the Balk text (2001).

Subject seems to understand question and proceeds to add two weights and swings, she then ads another 2 weighs and swings, she adds two more weights, swings and says, “It goes slower with more weight. It goes slower because there is heavier and it pulls it down.” The without adjusting the weight, she says, “I’m going to change the height”. (Length of string) she looks sceptical. She shortens the length of the string by two inches, swings and observes. She then removes all but two of the weights, shortens it another two inches (about half length) and swings. She comments, “You see the weight pulls it down, it is going faster without the weight. 1. She does not mention any observations gathered from changing the length. She proceeds to shorten the string again by two inches, then swings. She then shortens it all the way and swings. She looks happily surprised and says, “Maybe when it’s shorter it goes faster”. She tests this by lengthening to mid-length the swings. Then she lengthens it nearly all the way and swings. She says, “yes, it goes faster when it’s shorter because when I made it longer it would go slower”. 2. She adds, “ It is probably because she it is longer it has to swing farther”. After two or three minutes, she begins to add more weight and is swinging it from varying heights. I ask if she notices anything else. She said, maybe how far you drop it from but I don’t see much difference”. 3. She demonstrates pulling it back slightly then releasing then pulling it back further and releasing. She says, “If you pull it back father it might to a little faster. 4. She is quiet and thoughtful for two more minutes then says, “that’s probably it but for sure the weight and length of string will make it go faster or slower.”

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