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SCIENCE OR MAGIC? REACTIONS OF 5 YEARS OLD PUPILS TO A COUNTER-INTUITIVE EXPERIMENT

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Testing the reproducibility of an experiment is considered a good practice in science, and the possibility to reproduce an experiment is a condition of its scientificity. We investigate the ability of children to consider a counter-intuitive phenomenon as reproducible. The study involved 62 five-year-old children from 4 classes. They were presented with a bottle in which a hole had been pierced and asked if it was possible to stop the water from flowing through the hole without closing. They were then shown that this result can be obtained by screwing the bottle's cap. This experiment is counter-intuitive enough to be used by some illusionists as a magic trick. It was explained to them that it happens because, since no air can enter into the bottle, therefore no water can leave it. Individual interviews were realised by the children's own teachers. The questionnaire involved questions about their understanding of the notion of reproducibility and the importance of testing reproducibility both by the child himself and by others.

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hal-03566831, version 1 (11-02-2022)

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Estelle Blanquet¹, Éric Picholle. SCIENCE OR MAGIC? REACTIONS OF 5 YEARS OLD PUPILS TO A COUNTER-INTUITIVE EXPERIMENT. E. McLoughlin, O. Finlayson, S. Erduran & P. Childs,. Bridging Research and Practice in Science Education, 6, Springer, pp.91-106, 2019, Contributions from Science Education Research. ⟨hal-03566831⟩
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