Visuospatial inferencing relates to hypothesis validation and experimentation but not to generating conclusions when linguistic abilities are controlled¶

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q3 i? Visuospatial inferencing predicted Hypothesis validation and Experimentation but dropped out of the final model for Generating conclusions, where only linguistic inferencing remained. → Van de Sande 2019

Evidence¶

Van de Sande 2019¶

Van de Sande, E., Kleemans, T., Verhoeven, L., & Segers, E. (2019). The linguistic nature of children's scientific reasoning. Learning and Instruction, 62, 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2019.02.002

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Path model (Fig. 1) in the 269-child sample; visuospatial inferencing correlated r = .48, .26, and .23 with the three components (Table 3) but was not retained for Generating conclusions in the parsimonious model. No effect sizes printed for the paths.

"Fig. 1shows that the number of significant predictors for scientiﬁc reasoning varies across the diﬀerent stages. All three cognitive predictors relate to Hypothesis validation, both inferencing skills but not academic vocabulary relate to Experimentation, and only linguistic inferencing relates to Generating conclusions."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Inferencing — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Spatial Ability — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Academic vocabulary relates to hypothesis validation and experimentation but not to generating conclusions in sixth graders — related
Linguistic inferencing uniquely predicts all three components of children's scientific reasoning over and above visuospatial inferencing — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
Children's scientific reasoning at the end of primary school has a three-component structure: Hypothesis validation, Experimentation, and Generating conclusions — related

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`title`	`Visuospatial inferencing relates to hypothesis validation and experimentation but not to generating conclusions when linguistic abilities are controlled`
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