Correlation vs Causation
Two things happening together doesn't mean one caused the other — recognise the difference between correlation and causation before drawing conclusions
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“If your child noticed that children who eat breakfast tend to do better at school, would they understand that breakfast might not be the cause — there could be another reason both things are true?”
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- Activity. Two things happening together doesn't mean one caused the other — recognise the difference between correlation and causation before drawing conclusions
What to notice. developmental changes in children's recognition of evidence relevance to causal explanations • causal learning research
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If your child noticed that children who eat breakfast tend to do better at school, would they understand that breakfast might not be the cause — there could be another reason both things are true?
Two things happening together doesn't mean one caused the other — recognise the difference between correlation and causation before drawing conclusions
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- developmental changes in children's recognition of evidence relevance to causal explanations
- causal learning research
“If your child noticed that children who eat breakfast tend to do better at school, would they understand that breakfast might not be the cause — there could be another reason both things are true?”
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- Science
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- Scientific Inquiry
- Age range
- Ages 8–10