{"pk":29786,"title":"Science & engineering goals: Learning about the control-of-variable strategy from","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Children struggle to conduct controlled tests, even with explicit instruction (Chen & Klahr, 1999). How learners approachmultivariable tasks can be affected by task goals; a scientist uncovers causal regularities whereas an engineer produceseffects (Klahr, et al., 2011). This study investigated whether science vs. engineering goals presented in a narrative picturebook influenced childrens ability to conduct a controlled test.Six-to-8-year-olds (N=72) were first pre-tested on their ability to design a controlled test of a variable predicting how fara ball travels down to a ramp. Children were then read a picture book that contained a science (conduct controlled test) orengineering (create faster ramp) goal. Next, they completed an identical post-test and transfer-test with two new variables.Childrens ability to design a controlled test improved significantly from pre- to post-test (p=.008) and marginally frompre-test to transfer (p=.067) in both conditions, suggesting that children learned from both goals.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Poster Session 2","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6pg2v67f","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Vaunam","middle_name":"","last_name":"Venkadasalam","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Toronto","department":""},{"first_name":"Lynn","middle_name":"G.","last_name":"Nguyen","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Toronto","department":""},{"first_name":"Nicole","middle_name":"","last_name":"Larsen","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Toronto","department":""},{"first_name":"Angela","middle_name":"","last_name":"Nyhout","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Toronto","department":""},{"first_name":"Patricia","middle_name":"","last_name":"Ganea","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Toronto","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2020-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/29786/galley/19640/download/"}]}