Your friend has just been hired to teach senior high school students. She asks you for help in working with concrete operational thinkers. Outline the teaching strategies for working with concrete operational thinkers for your friend.

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The teaching strategies for working with concrete operational thinkers are as follows: (1) encourage students to discover concepts and principles; (2) involve children in operational tasks; (3) plan activities in which students practice the concept of ascending and descending classification hierarchies; (4) include activities that require conservation of area, weight, and displaced volume; (5) continue to ask students to justify their answers when they solve problems.
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