When observing a group of children at a daycare center, Emily made the following observations: Five year old children played in one location during independent play time. Three year old children moved between different activities, rather than staying in one location. By analyzing Emily's observations, what could be a valid conclusion?

a. Five-year-old children have longer attention spans than three-year-old children.

b. Three year old children do not like being in daycare.

c. Five-year-old children are favored over three-year-old children at the daycare center.

d. Three-year-old children are favored over five-year-old children at the daycare center.

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Marcos Townsend

Biology

14 April, 09:32

When observing a group of children at a daycare center, Emily made the following observations: Five year old children played in one location during independent play time. Three year old children moved between different activities, rather than staying in one location. By analyzing Emily's observations, what could be a valid conclusion?

a. Five-year-old children have longer attention spans than three-year-old children.

b. Three year old children do not like being in daycare.

c. Five-year-old children are favored over three-year-old children at the daycare center.

d. Three-year-old children are favored over five-year-old children at the daycare center.

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Colin Ford · Answer 1

By analyzing Emily observation, one could validly conclude that five year old children have longer attention span than three year old children. This has been proven in many studies and it has been established that the attention span of children increase as their age increase.