Considering Piaget's theory of cognitive development, we would expect a student in the concrete operational stage to have the greatest difficulty with which one of the following questions?
A)An apple pie is cut into 4 pieces.A blueberry pie of the same size is cut into 12 pieces.How many pieces of blueberry pie do you need to have the same amount as 3 pieces of the apple pie?
B)In what way are an apple and a blueberry alike?
C)If we have one row of blueberries arranged like so: o o o o o o
D)If you have 8 Macintosh apples and 2 Jonathan apples, then do you have more Macintoshes or more apples?

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Children in the concrete operational stage (ages 7 to 11) struggle with abstract and hypothetical concepts. Question A involves proportional reasoning, which is more abstract and thus more challenging for children in this stage compared to the other options, which involve concrete observations or simple categorizations.

Considering Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, We Would Expect a Student