Science Scientific Inquiry Meta 8–10 yrs

Correlation vs Causation

相关性与因果性

Description

Two things happening together doesn't mean one caused the other — recognise the difference between correlation and causation before drawing conclusions

Mastery Evidence
  • developmental changes in children's recognition of evidence relevance to causal explanations
  • causal learning research
Assessment Prompt

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?