Water Displacement Study

AGE: 6 and 8-year-olds

TIME: About 20 minutes

In this study (6- & 8-yr-olds), we are interested in children’s reasoning about the principles of water displacement. Your child will play a game with the experimenter over a video call and will answer questions about what will happen to the water level after an object is submerged in it. We offer a small compensation to our participants in the form of a digital gift card.

Questions? Contact the researcher: igor_bascandziev@gse.harvard.edu

See also: Online Moderated

What would have happened?

AGE: 6 and 8-year-olds

TIME: About 10-15 minutes

In this study, we are interested in children’s reasoning about what would have happened in a senario. Your child will watch some short videos and answer some questions asked by our researcher. We offer a small compensation to our participants in the form of a digital gift card. Please sign up to participate here: https://calendly.com/what-would-have-happened/30min?month=2022-11

See also: Online Moderated

How Good is the Teacher?

AGE: 5-10 years old

TIME: Less than 10 minutes

You and your child will watch three short videos of three different teachers teaching students different things. (For example: the names of their toys.) Before these videos, we will show your child how to use a simple scale to tell us how good they think the teachers are. Then you and your child will watch the videos. Finally, your child will answer some questions to help us figure out how good the teachers are. (For example: "How good is the teacher?" ; "Which teacher would you want to learn from?")

You can participate in “How Good is the Teacher?” any time by clicking HERE! Takes less than 10 minutes. (Requires a Lookit account — it’s easy and free to sign up!)

Questions? Contact the researcher: ibass@fas.harvard.edu