Thanks everyone - great pointers!!
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Hi Oliver,
Take a look at George Miller's 1956 study "The Magic Number Seven,
Plus or Minus Two."
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Miller/
Miller was studying the human ability to distinguish values along
unidimensional and multi-dimensional scales. Things related to color,
sound and taste for exa
Oliver
It depends the colour. Red is remembered more easily.
You can learn a lot of colour in
1. *Leatrice* Eiseman books
2. There´s a big research done in Germany. But I
only have seen it in German or Spanish. The author
is Eva Heller
Hope it helps
On 1/3/08, Paul Eisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot
> The tool that I am evaluating basically uses 6-8 different colors to
> convey certain "scopes". It seems to me that users (in this case
students) > might take too long to learn the differences or associate a
color with the > appropriate scope.
Oliver, from my memory of my (almost ancient) exper
Thanks Paul - your answer was very useful. The tool that I am
evaluating basically uses 6-8 different colors to convey certain
"scopes". It seems to me that users (in this case students) might
take too long to learn the differences or associate a color with the
appropriate scope.
. . . . . . . .
Oliver asked,
> Can someone point me to research done to determine how many and what
types
> of colors and shapes students can successfully remember or distinguish
or
> use immediately when using tools for education?
Oliver, my answer addresses the part of your question asking about
color. Forgive
Hi All,
Can someone point me to research done to determine how many and what types
of colors and shapes students can successfully remember or distinguish or
use immediately when using tools for education?
Thanks,
Oliver
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