Two groups of participants are given sets of training problems to solve. One group of participants is told to try and understand the structure of the problem, while the other group is asked to try to memorize the problem. They are later given test problems. Based on previous evidence, what results would you expect to see at test?

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Previous evidence supports that trying to understand the structure of the problem leads to better problem solving performance compared to trying to memorize the problem. Therefore, we would expect the "structure" group to solve more problems at test.

Two Groups of Participants Are Given Sets of Training Problems