Comments on: Patterns at Play – Fundamental to Games http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/09/patterns-at-play-fundamental-to-games/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:15:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Best of E-learning learning « Ramblings from Africa http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/09/patterns-at-play-fundamental-to-games/comment-page-1/#comment-4278 Best of E-learning learning « Ramblings from Africa Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:24:14 +0000 http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/?p=1699#comment-4278 [...] Patterns at Play – Fundamental to Games- Upside Learning Blog, September 9, 2009 [...] [...] Patterns at Play – Fundamental to Games- Upside Learning Blog, September 9, 2009 [...]

]]> By: kshitij http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/09/patterns-at-play-fundamental-to-games/comment-page-1/#comment-4131 kshitij Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:40:18 +0000 http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/?p=1699#comment-4131 it works bcos all the possible answers 9,18...... 72, 99 have the same gift each time.. Spoiler alert ;) : nothing to do with elearning! it works bcos all the possible answers 9,18…… 72, 99 have the same gift each time..

Spoiler alert ;) : nothing to do with elearning!

]]> By: James Valentine http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/09/patterns-at-play-fundamental-to-games/comment-page-1/#comment-2917 James Valentine Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:31:42 +0000 http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/?p=1699#comment-2917 Must admit to solving it visually. The item repeats in a regular way across the board. I realised the board changes when I played again and could not find the item which had been the answer last time! The trick works because the user expects that the board is static, when in reality it is dynamic. The user will probably always fall for the trick (and not even consider a mathematical explanation) until he or she accepts that the board is changing with each iteration. Must admit to solving it visually. The item repeats in a regular way across the board. I realised the board changes when I played again and could not find the item which had been the answer last time! The trick works because the user expects that the board is static, when in reality it is dynamic. The user will probably always fall for the trick (and not even consider a mathematical explanation) until he or she accepts that the board is changing with each iteration.

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