Linda's teacher shows her a small ball of clay.He then squashes the ball so it looks like a pancake and asks Linda which has more clay, the ball or the pancake.Linda replies that they both have the same amount."How do you know?" asks her teacher."Look," says Linda, "I can roll the pancake back into the same ball it was before." Linda's response shows:

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Linda's understanding that the clay can be reshaped from a pancake back into a ball without changing the amount of clay demonstrates reversibility, a concept from Piaget's theory of cognitive development. This concept refers to the understanding that objects can be changed and then returned to their original form or condition.

Linda's Teacher Shows Her a Small Ball of Clay