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Show a Lego structure to strategy game players and a non-player, then compare how well each rebuilds it.
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Give the same group of participants a reading test and a listening test on different days to find out which method leads to higher scores.
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Show 20 flash cards to 10-year-olds and adults in their 30s and compare how many each group remembers.
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Create an endangered species quiz and survey a random group to discover which wildlife facts most people get wrong.
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Show participants flash cards twice -- once silently, once read aloud -- and compare how many words they recall each time.
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Show participants a list of colored and black-and-white words, then test recall an hour later to see which group sticks.
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Give one group a rhyming poem and another a plain version. Count how many words each group memorizes in ten minutes.
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Read the same essay in four ink colors and discover which one leads to the best comprehension scores.
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Compare flash cards to a short story and discover which method helps you remember more animal names.
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Have two age groups listen to the same language lessons for a week and compare their vocabulary test scores.
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