Science
Scientific Inquiry
Meta
9–11 yrs
Evidence Supporting Ideas
证据支持观点
Description
Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments, evaluating the strength of evidence
Mastery Evidence
- Distinguish between a claim and the evidence supporting it
- Evaluate whether evidence is strong (fair test, multiple trials) or weak (single observation, no controls)
- Identify when evidence supports or refutes a scientific idea and explain why
Assessment Prompt
When your child reads a science claim — like 'plants grow faster with music' — can they evaluate whether the evidence actually supports it or if the test wasn't fair?
Prerequisites 5
Science Can Be Revised
评估证据的可信度以及论证或反驳科学主张，需要理解所有科学知识都是暂时性的、可被修正的
Drawing conclusions from evidence (age 9+)
在评估他人证据的可信度之前，必须先能够呈现自己的研究发现
Learning from Mistakes
评估证据可信度和反驳论点，依赖于普遍性错误分析习惯——即追问某一主张可能存在的问题
Inferring Characters' Feelings and Motives
通过评估科学证据来支持或反驳论点，需要借助在英语阅读理解中培养的推断能力和证据解读技能
Correlation vs Causation
评估科学证据的可信度，需要能够识别表面上的相关性是否具有因果关系——这是衡量证据质量的关键维度
