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    "title": "Visual alignment promotes rapid learning of functional relations",
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    "abstract": "Learning a function from input-output pairs often follows exemplar or rule learning. Speed of exemplar learning and generality of rule learning were suggested to be promoted by visually aligning familiar and unfamiliar input-output exemplars. To test this, undergraduates (n=47) were randomly assigned to Full-, Partial- and No-Alignment groups. On each trial, students estimated fractions on number lines, and functions used to generate estimates were examined on 9 trial blocks. On pretest, estimates were (incorrectly) a linear function of denominators alone (Full 50%; Partial 50%; No 40%); on post-test, estimates were (correctly) a linear function of the whole fraction (88%; 44%; 47%). Virtually all change in the Full group occurred after training just two exemplars (75%). Also, regression to the denominator-only function differed across groups (0%; 38%; 33%). Finally, Full-Alignment group generalized to untrained problems more broadly than other groups. Findings demonstrated efficiency of visual alignment in function learning.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Psychology; Concepts and categories; Learning; Representation; Computer-based experiment"
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        {
            "first_name": "Yujia",
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            "last_name": "Zhang",
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            "institution": "The Ohio State University",
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        {
            "first_name": "John",
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            "last_name": "Opfer",
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            "institution": "The Ohio State University",
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    "date_published": "2024-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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