Notice what changed

Remember each figure and its direction, then find the one change in the same positions.

Link each figure to its place

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Starting board: remember the figure and its direction at each numbered position.

Study the figures for as long as you need. Notice which places hold arrows or flags, and how each figure is turned. Remembering only how many arrows there are can miss a change in direction.

When you are ready, continue to the brief blank screen. The figures then return in the same positions. Exactly one figure changes its shape or direction.

Level 1 has four figures. Levels 2 and 3 have six and eight. Every round has six trials.

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Remember both the figure and its direction at each place. Select the one place that changes.

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Link each figure to its place

Study the figures for as long as you need. Notice which places hold arrows or flags, and how each figure is turned. Remembering only how many arrows there are can miss a change in direction.

When you are ready, continue to the brief blank screen. The figures then return in the same positions. Exactly one figure changes its shape or direction.

Level 1 has four figures. Levels 2 and 3 have six and eight. Every round has six trials.

Before1234
Starting board: remember the figure and its direction at each numbered position.

Compare the same position

At position 2, the flag changes to an arrow, with the same orientation. The other three figures are unchanged.

The lesson keeps Before and After side by side to show the comparison. In the practice, the first board is hidden before you choose the changed figure on the second board.

Check the figure and its direction together. A familiar shape can still be the changed one if it has turned.

Before1234After1234
Worked example: only position 2 changes.

Find the one difference

Here is another static comparison. Check each numbered position against the same position on the other board. Do not compare two different places.

This checkpoint offers two positions. In the practice, you select one figure from the whole second board.

Before1234After1234
New example: which position has changed its shape or direction?

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Which position changes between these two boards?

  1. Position 1
  2. Position 4
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Position 4

Correct. At position 4, the flag changes from turned right to upright. No other figure changes.

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