Concept Formation in Children

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Concept formation in children


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Meaning of concept formation

Type or level of cognitive process which ischaracterised by thinking of qualities, aspects and

relations of objects at which there after

comparison, generalization, abstraction and

reasoning become possible

Eg- Home -


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His Home

Friends home

Birds nest

Lions den

Rats hole

Tries to find out similarities and contrasts

between various alike and differing situations


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Thus a concept is an abstract grouping

of experiences that helps to reduce theircomplexity

Can be classified as concepts of

science, maths, nature

Concept formation is directly related to

personal experiences

One necessary condition is that theperson must have a series of

experiences both positive and negative

that are in one or more respects similar


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Steps in concept formation

Level 1 Matching

Level 2 Identification

Level 3 NamingLevel 4 Seriation

Level 5 - Classification


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Concepts in early childhood Concept of space Concept of shape

Concept of relative size

Concept of numbers

Understanding classification

Concept of self

Number concept

Representation Time concept

Sequencing


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Concepts SPACE: Judging space is a difficult task for

preschoolers. Through play the child learns to judgeshort distances more accurately.

Concept of shape:

By 2 years children can insert various shapes in the

form of boards By 3 can match objects on the basis ofshapes.

Concept of relative size:

Between the ages of 3-4 the child can select thelargest and the smallest objects from a group of

objects. He is able to select middle sized ones only when he is

5yrs old.


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Numbers

Children can use words related to number even

after they can speak. This is merely parrot

speech.

Children can rather recite the numbers because

of practice. Without understanding the value of

numbers.

Development of no concept is a function of age,education and development.


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Numbers

BY 2 years children understand one and many.

By 3 can count and understand the number value

of 2 objects

By 4 yrs can count 3 objects

By 4 yrs can count 3 objects.

By 5 years they can count and understand the

value of 13 objects By the time they are 6 they understand 100.


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Classification Piaget conducted an experiment wherein he gave

children rectangles, squares and arcs in three colours red, blue & yellow

Children are asked to classify or put things that gotogether.

2-3 yrs olds generally made a design 4 year olds showed more systematic sorting and

grouping of objects i.e. they created a class ofrectangles or squares or all blue coloured onestogether keeping in mind only one dimension.

By 6 they decide upon the criteria and are able toclassify.

This becomes highly developed in the concreteoperational period.


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Self concept

Based on what the others think of them

Is developing and growing

Role of the teacher

Representation Children try to reproduce things that they see in

their environment by observing, exploring and

experimenting through their senses.

E.g. all forms of art activities, role play,dramatization etc are representation of things that

they see around them.


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