Adults Are Better Than Children at Generating and Evaluating Hypotheses

question 11

Multiple Choice

Adults are better than children at generating and evaluating hypotheses by running experiments because

• A) their reasoning about the relationship between theory and evidence is stronger.
• B) children are not capable of scientific reasoning until they reach adolescence.
• C) adults design a limited number of experiments,allowing them to focus on the issue at hand and not get distracted by too many experiments.
• D) adults can coordinate the generation of hypotheses by designing a set of experiments with which to test them.

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