Children sorting recycled objects (rawpixel, iStockphoto) Children sorting recycled objects (rawpixel, iStockphoto) The process of sorting involves grouping objects or events according to their similarities whereas the process of classifying involves grouping objects or events into pre-determined groups. The process of sorting involves grouping objects or events according to their similarities (e.g., all the cars, all the socks) whereas the process of classifying involves grouping objects or events into pre-determined groups (e.g., when an educator asks students to sort the cutlery by putting all of the forks in one group, all of the spoons in
another, and all of the knives in a third group). When students sort and classify objects or events, they are determining the attributes that the objects or events share, and what attributes they don't share, or how they are alike and how they are different. Sorting & Classifying are important because they…
Developing the Skill of Sorting & Classifying
Related Learning StrategiesSorting MatsThis strategy helps students develop critical thinking skills as they sort, organize and classify things in different ways. Pros & Cons OrganizerThis strategy helps students develop decision-making skills as they determine the pros and cons of an issue. Is based on the idea that people classify things in terms of similarities?Generalization/specialization relationships are based on the idea that people classify things in terms of similarities and differences. A generalization/specialization relationship is used to structure these things from the more general to the more special.
When defining classes we always want to focus on the essential qualities and discard what's not important?Abstraction means we have to focus on the essential qualities of something rather than one specific example. It means we automatically will discard what's unimportant or irrelevant. It's at the heart of object oriented programming because it's what we are doing when we make a class.
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