At What Grade Level Can Children Differentiate between Candy and Non-Candy Items?

Overview

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine at what grade level can children distinguish between candy and non-candy items. Methods/Materials To test my project, I tested 10 girls and 10 boys, in grade levels Preschool through eighth grade (ages 2 - 14). To test my subjects, I glued four candy items and four non-candy items to a piece of poster board. I numbered the items 1 - 8, and asked each test subject if they thought the item is candy or not candy. Results I had hypothesized that the preschool aged subjects would have an accuracy rate of 35%. My results exceeded my hypothesis because the preschoolers had a 52% accuracy rate. Another surprising result was that fifth grade did the best with an accuracy rate of 86%. In addition, the item most commonly identified as candy was a Tums. Conclusions/Discussion In conclusion, I determined that it is extremely important to keep all medicines and harmful products out of the reach of ALL children because a large majority of my test subjects could not correctly differentiate between what was candy and what was not.

Competition history

• CSEF 2014 Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) · Entry J0703

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