Yesterday’s lagoon, today’s light

Will yesterday’s rule still work in today’s light?

Make your own investigation

Design a light-shift test and separate changing the sensor environment from changing the rule.

Keep the classification rule fixed and multiply the same object scores by a changed environment factor.

Case cards

Cut these cards apart. Use the original example first, then let a partner supply a changed case. Keep sealed/final cards with the teacher until the learner commits a rule.

Case 1

Original score: 0.3

Actually positive: False

My prediction and reason:

Case 2

Original score: 0.6

Actually positive: True

My prediction and reason:

Case 3

Original score: 0.8

Actually positive: True

My prediction and reason:

Case 4

Original score: 0.2

Actually positive: False

My prediction and reason:

What this cannot establish

This isolates one artificial environmental change; real shifts can affect many features.