Praxis II PLT 7-12

Category - Students

Ms. Torres is a 10th grade English teacher who utilizes the ideas of Jean Piaget with her class. During a unit on editorials and persuasive writing she teaches a lesson on distinguishing fact from opinion. By doing this, she is ensuring that her students are able to operate appropriately at which stage in Piaget’s theory of development?
  1. Preoperational
  2. Operational
  3. Formal operational
  4. Sensorimotor
Explanation
Answer: B - Operational. When students are able to grasp hard facts they are functioning in an operational mode. Following that is the ability to manipulate those facts into ideas, questions and other critical modes of thinking.
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