Psychology GCSE
Application of developmental stages to education
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Teachers match tasks to the stage the child has reached, using hands-on objects with concrete operational pupils and abstract, hypothetical problems with formal operational learners.
Topics that use Application of developmental stages to education
- Development (AQA GCSE)
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