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Title:

Children's failure to control variables may reflect adaptive decision-making

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Bramley, Neil R.; Jones, Angela; Gureckis, Todd M.; Ruggeri, Azzurra
Abstract:
Changing one variable at a time while controlling others is a key aspect of scientific experimentation and a central component of STEM curricula. However, children reportedly struggle to learn and implement this strategy. Why do children's intuitions about how best to intervene on a causal system conflict with scientific practices? Mathematical analyses have shown that controlling variables is not always the most efficient learning strategy, and that its effectiveness depends on the “causal spar...     »
Keywords:
CVS,Causal learning,Causal sparsity,Interventions,Scientific reasoning
Journal title:
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
Year:
2022
Journal volume:
29
Journal issue:
6
Pages contribution:
2314--2324
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.3758/s13423-022-02120-1
WWW:
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02120-1
Publisher:
Springer US
Print-ISSN:
15315320
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