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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Middle Childhood - Cognitive Development, Cognitive Development Language & Literacy 1. Symbolic communication - reading, writing, attention, perception, memory. 2. Whole-language approach - oral and written language connected. 3. Sociocultural Context - reading and writing develop out of sociolculutural context., Cognitive Development Information Processing 1. Rehearsal & Organization * repetition *chunking *mneumonics *acronyms 2. Semantic Elaboration *deep processing *adding meaning 3. Mental Imagery *constructing images or pictures in their mind 4. Retrieval & Scripts *memory for routine events (i.e. getting up in the morning) 5. Meta-cognition *thinking about thinking *monitor thinking, memory, knowledge, goals, actions, Cognitive Development Concrete Operations 1. Transistion - 5-7 years from preoperational to concrete. 2.Reversible - clay in a long thin line...roll into a ball and is still the same amount of clay. 3. Flexible - more than one aspect of an object. 4. Complex - thinking is more complex. 5. Logic to reconcile differences - if concrete situation. 6. Evaluate cause-and-effect relationships - concrete situation or object is in front of them. 7. Logical inference- concrete. 8. Theorize - concrete logical problem solving. 9. Concrete objects for teaching - helps learning. 10. Active learners., Cognitive Development Piaget Concrete Operations 1. Conservation - quantity remains the same despite changes in appearance. 2. Classification - more or less. 3. Seriation - putting things in order.