Max is playing with his three-year-old daughter,Joyce.He puts two rows of five pennies on the table in front of each of them,and asks if they have the same number of pennies.Joyce agrees that they do.Then he spreads out the pennies in his row and asks if they still have the same number of pennies.Joyce says no,he now has more pennies.This shows that Joyce has not yet mastered
A)classification.
B)representation.
C)scaffolding.
D)conservation.

Question

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This scenario of Joyce not understanding that the number of pennies doesn't change even when their arrangement changes reflects a lack of conservation. Conservation is the ability to understand that certain properties of an object (such as number or volume) remain the same, despite changes in their appearance. Joyce's understanding of the pennies is based solely on their visual representation, which she hasn't developed enough to understand conservation yet.

Max Is Playing with His Three-Year-Old Daughter,Joyce