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the distinction between concrete and formal is

and the fact that a mind may appear to be in multiple stages

depicted in Table 11.2 form an analytical tool for discerning the modality of belief of

which constitutes a model of iterative refinement

Per81] theory of the stages (“positions” in his terminology)

and in Section 11.4 we will explore ways of defining them rigorously in the specific

we expand this definition of metasystemic thinking to include the ability to

and included no provisions for exploring this possibility. A number of

there is a troublingly unexplained transition from inability to

a stage which we suspect exists and allows formulation of heuristics by aggregation of

we observe that the abilities encapsulated in the definition

Cas85] have modified his theory to explain (rather than merely describe) it.

and ultimately validation of the child’s developmental activities.

and Piaget’s prescription of good parenting as

Vygotsky [Vyg86] disagreed with Piaget’s explanation of his stages as inherent

but in-principle capability is not the same as

are easily achievable. Classification becomes more sophisticated

can you still see me?). Complex concrete operations

corresponding to the symbolic stage mentioned above

corresponding to the adaptive stage mentioned