Characterization of mechanistic thinking in elementary school
Leading team

Dr. Michal Haskel Ittah

Project members

Prof. Marida Ergazaki
Yael Shtechman

Summary
this project aims to trace the first signs of biological mechanistic reasoning in elementary school students. By interviewing elementary school children, we explore how they construct mechanistic explanations and evaluate different types of explanations (mechanistic and non-mechanistic). The main aim of this project is to develop tools that will foster the development of mechanistic reasoning …