1. My hypothesis would be, is it possible that the chair the student sits on causes him to fall asleep.
2. Test
A. I would test this hypothesis by switching the chairs in the classroom around, including this particular student.
B. If the student still falls asleep then my hypothesis is not supported
C. If the student stays awake my hypothesis is supported.
3. A example of a untestable explanation would be, that he dreams of the lecture while he sleeps therefore not needing to be awake and decides to sleep.
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ReplyDeleteTestable Hypothesis (5/5) - Good, but are you talking about the chair itself or it's location? Not a big issue, but make sure your explanations are clear.
Test (5/5)
Support (5/5)
Falsify (5/5)
Untestable Hypothesis (5/10)- I agree that this might be difficult to test, but that is not the same thing as untestable. People do dream, meaning dreaming is a real activity and therefore can be detectable in some way, perhaps through simple questioning of the student about his dreams or even monitoring brain activity, which is very real and very detectable. For something to be untestable, it must be undetectable in any way.
Hi Natalie! I thought your post was interesting, I also thought about moving his position in class but decided to go in a different direction. Great job!
ReplyDeleteHello Natalie, I find your hypothesis to be quite fascinating. I would have never considered his chair to be the problem. Your test of switching the chairs in the classroom around seems like a good way to test your hypothesis. You could have also tested that maybe he should get a different type of chair for usually all students get the same type. Though, you had a great idea too because sometimes the same type of chair could have subtle differences than the others such as being wobbly, taller, or shorter than the other chairs in the class. I think that there is a way though to see if someone is dreaming with the technology we have, but you had a great idea. Overall your post was quite clever.
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