CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE OF PIAGET’S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THEORY: AN IMPLICATION IN LEARNING MATHEMATICS

Safdar Rehman Ghazi; Karim Ullah; Farzand Ali Jan

Safdar Rehman Ghazi IER, University of Science & Technology Bannu, KP, Pakistan
Karim Ullah IER, University of Science & Technology Bannu, KP, Pakistan
Farzand Ali Jan Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of IT

Keywords: Piaget’s Theory, Cognitive development, Concrete operational stage.

Abstract

This research study was conducted with the aim to apply Concrete Operational Stage (7-11 years) of Piaget’s Cognitive development theory in learning mathematics. Objectives of the study were; to apply Concrete Operational Stage (7-11 years) of Piaget’s Cognitive development theory on students of age seven to eleven years at district Bannu, to compare academic achievement of urban & rural students in the subject of mathematics after application of Concrete Operational Stage (7-11 years) of Piaget’s Cognitive development theory. This study was survey type in nature. Population of the study were all male students of age seven to eleven years studying in public sectors schools of district Bannu. Sample of the study were comprised of two hundred students of age seven to eleven years. Mean, standard deviation and t-test was used as statistical tests for analysis of data. Results of the study revealed that students can do conservation of numbers, ordering, and reversibility to some extent in our urban & rural context while students can do logic successfully.