The Value of Cause and Effect Analysis in Developing Ability to Recognize Cause and Effect Relationships

Tests and Measurements

“…These tests were designed to determine whether or not children in Grades IV to VIII could use such aids in printed materials. Reiner (99) constructed a test of cause and effect suited to ninth-grade science students. Students were required to state whether a condition in a given sentence was (a) a direct cause, (b) an indirect cause, or (c) no cause of an event in a second sentence.…”