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	Project title	Does highlighting what you read help you remember more easily?
	Difficulty Level	Elementary school
	Project page	Click here to view this science project
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This science fair project was performed to find out if students using a highlighter while studying would be able to recall facts better. The experiment was done by comparing the test scores of participants who were given an essay to study without the use of a highlighter, with those who were given an essay that was already highlighted, as well as those who were allowed to make their own highlights on the same essay.
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1. For this science fair project, the independent variable is whether the participants are allowed to highlight their essays, or given already highlighted essays . The dependent variable is the test score of the participants. This is determined by marking and grading the essays. The constants (control variables) are the difficulty of the tests, the questions used for the test, the color of the highlighter, the time allowed for the participants to read the comprehensions and the time allocated for them to answer the questions. 2. Select 10 students aged 12 years old to take part in this experiment. .....

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