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Prior experiments report direct placement makes comparison consistently more accurate than impeded placement (d = .49 for shape triplets)

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q2 i2 The review reports, citing Matlen et al. (2020, Experiment 4), that same/different judgment accuracy improved substantially with direct placement for shape triplet pairs (d = .49). → Benjamin D. Jee 2022

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Benjamin D. Jee 2022

Benjamin D. Jee, Bryan J. Matlen, Monica Greenlaw, Nina Simms, Dedre Gentner. (2022). Spatial supports for comparison in educational science images. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-022-09599-0

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The article attributes this to prior experiments it did not conduct: Matlen et al. (2020) found "consistently more accurate" comparison with direct placement, with d = .49 for shape triplet pairs (Experiment 4). The benefit extends to children aged 6 and 8 and to middle schoolers and adults on complex images (Simms et al., 2019).

"Prior research indicates that comparison is not only faster, but is consistently more accurate when placement is direct as opposed to impeded (Matlen et al., 2020). Substantial improvements in the accuracy of same/different judgments have been found with shape triplet pairs like those in Fig. 3 (d = .49; Matlen et al., 2020, Experiment 4)"

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id direct-placement-improves-comparison-accuracy
title Prior experiments report direct placement makes comparison consistently more accurate than impeded placement (d = .49 for shape triplets)
description Prior experiments report direct placement makes comparison consistently more accurate than impeded placement (d = .49 for shape triplets)
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 2022
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-18
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