At an all-through school, a Year 2 pupil thinks that a spread-out row of six counters contains more counters than a close-together row of six. The pupil moves and counts the counters and finds that each row contains six.
The school also adapts an English task. Year 8 pupils judge between two interpretations of a character by considering different hypothetical intentions of the writer. Year 4 pupils instead put event cards into the order shown in the story, with the cards and the text in front of them.
Explain how accommodation could change the Year 2 pupil's understanding.
Using Piaget's idea of readiness, explain why the Year 4 version of the English task is suitable for these pupils.
27 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 2.3 Application: The changing role of education, covering 2.3.1 Applying Piaget's ideas to education and 2.3.2 Applying learning theories to education. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.