Changing Your Mind with Evidence
Be willing to change your mind when evidence doesn't support your prediction — a result that surprises you is more valuable than one that confirms what you already thought
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Teaching Table
Set out your lesson
Revise a prediction in response to evidence without treating any one result as infallible.
Ask for an example of one prerequisite idea; revisit if needed. Historical graph coverage does not establish this learner’s readiness.
Use fictional ramp-test cards; optional testing uses a toy car and a low, stable cardboard ramp away from stairs.
Use supplied stage sheets on screen or scrap paper; keep adult keys separate.
Use the fictional scenarios. Passing is allowed. Do not ask for private money amounts, account details, family conflict, identity or health information. Keep only minimal local learning notes.
Supplied data are explicitly practice data, not observations. Record only what is actually attempted; absent equipment, consent, partner or repeated observations means that part remains pending.
Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view. Retain an earlier model only when the current step supplies it as context.
Teaching limits and safe use
These are finite task opportunities, not proof of mastery. Record what was attempted and what support was used.
Canonical evidence entries are research labels, not measurable attainment clauses or verified citations. Finite practice of belief revision only.
Use the fictional scenarios. Passing is allowed. Do not ask for private money amounts, account details, family conflict, identity or health information. Keep only minimal local learning notes.
Supplied data are explicitly practice data, not observations. Record only what is actually attempted; absent equipment, consent, partner or repeated observations means that part remains pending.
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Revise a prediction in response to evidence without treating any one result as infallible.
Revise a prediction in response to evidence without treating any one result as infallible.
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Check understanding
- belief revision in children research (PMC 2020)
- hypothesis testing and argumentation from evidence in young children
“If your child predicts what will happen in an experiment and gets a different result, do they accept the evidence rather than deciding the experiment must have gone wrong?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Meta
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Scientific Inquiry
- Age range
- Ages 6–8