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Peer reviewedAmsel, Eric; Brock, Susan – Cognitive Development, 1996
Examined developmental differences in evidence evaluation skills among school children, non-college educated adults, and college students, utilizing plant growth variables. Found that children were more strongly influenced by prior beliefs and missing data than were the two adult groups. Age and educational differences were found in the…
Descriptors: Adults, Beliefs, Causal Models, Children
