Participant 1

Initial description: The blue lines are joined but if they go through one of the orange boxes, these ones have to become blue.

Final description: Lines join the blue squares. These lines got through some orange squares or touch them. If this happens, these squares or rectangles have to become blue.


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

Participant 2

Initial description: Connect the blue dots and color any red squares touched to blue.

Final description: Connect the blue dots and color any red squares touched to blue.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 3

Initial description: Connect each blue tile with the one directly across from it with blue tiles. If any red shape that is touching a blue tile, fill it in with blue.

Final description: Connect each blue tile with the one directly across from it with blue tiles. If any red shape that is touching a blue tile, fill it in with blue.


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 4

Initial description: The blue squares connect, turning anything in their path blue

Final description: The blue squares connect, turning anything in their path blue


Attempt 1: Correct

Participant 5

Initial description: Drawing intersecting lines where the blue cells start and end, and making all groups of cells that the lines go through completely blue

Final description: I thought it was making blue lines connecting the blue cells, then changing the colors of all of the groups of cells the lines went through from red to blue.


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

Participant 6

Initial description: Extend the blue square straight across to the other blue square and fill in any red block it touches into blue.

Final description: Connect the blue squares in a straight line and fill any red blocks it touches into blue.


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

Participant 7

Initial description: Two blue squares across from each other form a line, turning blue any red blocks the line goes through.

Final description: Two blue squares across from each other will form a line, turning blue any red block the line goes across, in addition to any other red block within one-block of the line.


Attempt 1: Incorrect
Attempt 2: Correct

Participant 8

Initial description: To create on the grid a line that connects the solid blue using squares already there then to add a block of 5 squares by four squares to it.

Final description: Connect blue squares in the grid to make a horizontal and vertical line . Add a blue square to the lines that overlaps both.


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

Participant 9

Initial description: Connect the blue squares opposite from each other with a line of blue squares. Then convert any red shapes crossed over to blue.

Final description: Connect the blue squares opposite from each other with a line of blue squares. If a line crosses or touches a red shape, convert that shape to blue.


Attempt 1: Incorrect
Attempt 2: Correct