DOCUMENT RESUME. -4 "! ED 129 465 PS 008 889 AUTHOR Alwtrd, Keith R.; Black, Allen E. , TITLE Explorina Children1s Thinking. Part 2: The Development.of Order Relations;_Seriation (Preschool - Third Grade). INSTITUTION Far WeSt lab.- for Eincational Research and Development, San Fra:Icisco, Calif: SPONS-AGENCY National Inst. of Education (DHEW), 'Washington, PUB DATE 75 NOTE 178p.; For ra,l-ated documents, see PE 068 8757891 AVAILABLEFROM Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development,.1855 Folsom StApet, San Francisco, California 94103 ($6.95) .EDRS PRICE HC7E1C.03 Plus Postage: DESCRIPTORE Annotated Bibliographies; *Cognitive Development; Concept Teaching; Developmental Stages; -*Early Childhood EduCation; Elementary Education; 'Interviews; Neurological Organization; Peormance Based Education; *Performance Based Teacher Education; Preschool Education; Role Playing; *Serial Ordring; .Teacher Education; *Teacher- Education Curriculum; Thought Processes; Video Tape Recordings IDENTIFIERS Far WeSt Laboratory.for Educational R. and D;. *Flexible Learning system; *Piaget.(Jean) ABSTRACT- This unit ofthe Flexiblel,earning,Sy-Stem-(F1-9; the second o-t a 3-volume series on childrehvs'thinking, focuses on the development of order relations (seriation) in children. between 3 and 8-years of age. The series iS based on the apPlication of Jean .Piaget's work to early childhood.education. Seriation concerns the way children'reason.about.relationships between elements of a Series or sequeve; The unit is designed for use with a group of adults to help them understand order and its organization-in the ?reconceptual, intuitive and concreteroperational'stages of development. Practice in emploring children's thinking is provided. Activities include thought problems, rOle playing,Tchild interviews, discussions, reading and viewing a color videotape on sariation from a series entitled The Growing Mind: A Piagetian View 2f Young Children. R1p7out .guided interview forms are provided for all interviewS-.Also included are an introduction to Piaget and his general theor/, educational implications_of thE: theory,,. seriation materials, a transcript of the videotapes, and an 'annotated 4inT-fiogi..aphy Rerated FLS un-as: "Exploring Children's Thinking: Classification"; "Exploring Children's Thinking: Conservation"; "WorAing with Childre.2's Concepts"-; "Using :Toys and Games witth Children"; "Developing Children's Sesse Perception." (Author/S3) Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal reproducibilay are often encountered and this affects the quality of the micrOfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not responsible for the quality of the original dacument. Reproductions suP'plied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. ELFARE TUTE OF IN BEEN REPRO FROM IAT,ON ORIGIN- .1,. OR OPINIONS ,sAPILy REPRE INSTITUTE OP /R POLICY :A-FP3 GUIDE lkxploring .hildrenis thii )art 2, seriat 2 :ARNING UNITS FOR ADULTS IN EARL EXPLORING' CHILDREN'S THINKING: Part 2 The Development of Order Relations: Seriation Preschool - Third-Grade by Keith R, Alward , in association with Allen E. Black Drawings by Carol Ann Ragle --Masako Tanaka,.DirectOr Flexible Learning,System -Far WeSt Laboratory for Educational Research and Development San Francisco This-learning unit i a product of the Early Childhood Education Pro- 'gram of the Far West La6oratory, San-Francisco, a pu.blic, nonprofit organization supported in part by funds from the National Insti,tute - of Eacation, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The opinions- expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the posi- tjOn or .policy of the National Institute of Education, and no official endorsement should be inferred. er Far West.Laboratory for Educational Rescarth and D.velopment- 1855 Folsom Street, San Francisco, . California.94103 (415) 565-3000 Copyright 1975, Far West Labora- tory fOr Educationa4 Research and Development: All rights reserved. Copyright for thesc-Anaterials is claimed only during the period of development unless authorization is, granted by the National Ins.titute of Education .to claim copyright also on the final materials. For information on the stafus of the copyright-claim, contarA either the copyright .proprietor or the Ratiorial instituteOT-Educattcn. Q 4 'PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS COPY RIGHTED MATERIAL-HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Far West Lab. -for Educ. Researa & -Development- TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONAL IN- STITUTE OF EDUCATIONFURTHER REPRO. DUCTION pursInE THE ERIC SYSTEM RE OUIRE:1; PERMISSIOPI. OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Staff of the Early Childhood Education Progrant'- Cduring developmeQt of 'this unit)- Ab.rams, Allan Diaz de Leon, dosefina Stewart, Ingjerd Alward,:lKeith Hay, Johnnie Stripp, Steven .Biestman, Margot Hubner, Judy Tanaka, Masako Body0 Bal4t ewis, Francione Tate, Emma Brown; Judy atteson, Rosary Taylor, JoEllyn Chow, Stanley Monroe, Jean Taylor, Terry Culang,.,,Cecilia. Rayder, Nichol'as Thoms,.Pete DeAnda.; Nat Rice, Carol Yinger, Joanne De La Torre,.Rosemary. Robinson, Margaret 'Editor: Ruth.Eckland Cover Design: Chet Tanaka TypiSts: Janet Johnston, Sandra" Malatesta SPECIAL APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO: DR: MASAKO TANAKA, for her encouragement and for making this unit possible; RICK MURISON and ED SARMENTO (FWL Aedia Division), for their skill, encour- agement and cooperation in productiron of the-videotape Series:. The'Grow-' ing Mind: A Piagetian View of Younhildren; ./ THE STAFF of HillSide Primary.Sdool, Berkeley Ca., and the delightful . children, -for their cooperation in the production of the videotape series; 11. -7- DR. JONAS LANGER, who has been a constant guide in my study of Piaget's work;. ALLEN BLACK, who contributed the greater portfon of Chapters 4; d, , , --Doan. KA1JFMNt;fc,r her co.reIn art and thsiyrr p lactionT- ABOUT THE AUTHORS KEITH ALWARD is presently completing'a Ph.D. in EducationalyPsyr.holdgy.. 0 - , / atrthe University of'Galifornia; Berekely. He is interested inthe socia) and intellectual development of children and-its implications for early childhood education. During the last 10 years-he has extensively studied Jean Piadet's work in child development. During six, of these years he has been a member of the Early Childhood staff at Far,West Laboraiory, working in areas of -educational evaluation, research:instrumentation training, and the development of a number of-units.in the. Flexible Learning System. He recently produced a series ,of our videotapes titledi The Growing Mind:- A Piagetian View of'Young Children. ALLEN BLACK-is!presently completing a.Ph.D. dissertaion in develop- mental psychol,ogy at,the University of California, Berkeley. He has ex- -. tensively-studied the relationship between logical structures and moral thought in rfie,transition betWeen the concrete and formal-operational stages- - of develOpment..He haS taugnt.tourses in. developmentapsychology'at the University of California,:Berkeley' and:at Bakersfield State University. TAK.E OF C6NTENTS Overview ix Preface xi Introduction n. X V PIAGET--THE PERSON xv PIAGET'S VIEW OF KNOWLEDGE xvi STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT xvii , AN EXAMPLE OF STAGES IN INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT: CONSERVATION xix THE SOURCES AND DIRECTION OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT xx YOUR AND PIAGET'S EXPLORATION,OF CHILDREN'S THINKING xxi v CHAPTER 1: An Introduction to Order Rgations 1 WHAT ARE ORDER RELATIONS EXPLORING YOUR USE OF ORDER RELATIONS 5 ORDER RELATIONS (SERIATION): STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT 13 AN -INTRODUCTLON TO INVESTIGATING SERIATION 24 CHAPTER2:Working withChikiren 35 INTERVIEWING A PARTNER 35 WATCHING A-VIDEOTAPF 49 INTERVIEWING CHILDREN 51 CHAPTER 3: Assessing Stages of Intellectual Development 81 GENERA.L. =, i DEVELOPMEaT77F-S-ERIATTO1 ;81 THE.PRE-CONCEPTUAL STAGE--APPROXIMATE OR INCOMPLETE SERIES 82 THE INT-JITIVE STAGE--SERIES CONSTRUCTED BY TRIAL AND ERROR 86 7 THE CONCRETE-OPERATIONAL STAGETRUE SERIATION 91- . SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS ON STAGES OF SERIATION 94 LOOKING FOR STAGES"OF SERIATION 95 e" ON-GOING ASSESSMENT 109 CHAPTER 4: Additional ,Ways to Explore Order Relations wiih Children 113 SOPLE SERIATION 115 . MULTIPLE SERIATION PROBLEMS 11 b ,TRANSITIVITY 122 CHAPTER 5: EduclAtienfl! ihripHcations 125 THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORDER RELATIONS AND ITS EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS 128' OPEN-RESPONSIVE EDUCATION. 131 APPENDIX A: Seriation Matefials 137 APPENDIX B: Transcript of Videotape 145 APPENDIX C: References and Additional Resources 153 SOME OF PIAGET'S TRANSLATED WORKS 155 PIAGET AS SEEN BY OTHERS 157 PIAGET'S THEORY AND EDUCATION 159 FILMS AND VIDEOTAPES' 1617 8 TAEILE OF ACTIVITIES AND FORMS r ACTIVITY 1: A Variety of. Seriation Activities 5 ACTIVM 2: Simple Seriation with Insertion (Interviewing an Adult). '25 ADTIVITY FORM A 27. ACTIVITY 3: Simple Seriation With Insertion (Interviewing a Child)- ACTIVITY FORM A 31 ACTIVITY 4: Dobble Seriation Problems Interviewing an Adult)... 35 ACTIVITY FORM B. , 511 39 ACTIVITY 5: Ordinal Correspondences (Interviewing an Adult) 41 ACTIVITY FORM C 43 ACTIVITY 6: Ordinal CorresOondencesDestroyed Series,(Interviewing an Adult) 45. ACTIVITY FORM D .47 F ACTIVITY 7: Viewing the-Videotape, "The Development of Order Relations" 50 ACTIVITY 8: Simple Seriatien with InSertion Interviewin.g a thild) AC:TIVITY FORM A, 63, ACTIVITY 9:'