Participant 1

Initial description: Build a counterclockwise spiral by alternating first the top left corner color with the second-from-the-left top row color, adding one square to each color bar until the final bar touches the edge of the grid. Return the toop left corner color squares to the background grid color (black).

Final description: Create a counterclockwise spiral, alternating the top left corner colored squares, beginning with the corner color, and adding a square to each solid color bar, until the final bar reaches the edge of the grid. Black out the intial two top left corner color squares.


Attempt 1: Incorrect
Attempt 2: Incorrect
Attempt 3: Incorrect

Participant 2

Initial description: Create a spiral starting at the blue point, beginning with color 1 and alternating with color 2 until the edge is reached.

Final description: create a spiral starting at the dark blue dot, alternating colors until you run out space.


Attempt 1: Incorrect
Attempt 2: Correct

Participant 3

Initial description: make a winding pattern of colored squares

Final description: make a winding pattern of colored squares


Attempt 1: Incorrect
Attempt 2: Incorrect
Attempt 3: Incorrect

Participant 4

Initial description: Start with blue in original location, then alternate between the two top left colors increasing by one each time and alternating direction each time.

Final description: Start with blue in the original spot and also the grid is the same. Then alternate between the colors in the top left, starting with two going horizontally left of the blue square, and then increasing by one and alternating between horizontal and vertical. This will make sort of a rectangular spiral pattern. The color at the very top left will always be horizontal and the one to its right will always be vertical. Keep going until one line dead ends and is not completed.


Attempt 1: Incorrect
Attempt 2: Correct

Participant 5

Initial description: create a spiralling pattern by starting with one colour in the middle of the block, then changing the colours after the number is up till you get to ten

Final description: create a circular pattern by starting from the middle of the board till it reaches the sides


Attempt 1: Incorrect
Attempt 2: Incorrect
Attempt 3: Incorrect

Participant 6

Initial description: Make grid same size as input. Put blue square in same position then alternate between red and light blue making a 90 degree turn every time you alternate.

Final description: I still think the blue check goes in the same spot as the input square and you alternate between the other 2 colors making a 90 degree turn every time you alternate.


Attempt 1: Incorrect
Attempt 2: Incorrect
Attempt 3: Incorrect

Participant 7

Initial description: Spiraling pattern with the end point representing the color in the middle.

Final description: I thought the spiral was being made with the two-color options at the top left with the end point being the middle color scheme.


Attempt 1: Incorrect
Attempt 2: Incorrect
Attempt 3: Incorrect