Non-Verbal Reasoning

Learn the rule. Not the page.

EBA keeps changing the puzzle. Your child cannot rely on memory. They have to find the rule again.

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Unlimited fresh puzzlesLevels that get genuinely hardNo fixed question bank

Today’s sprintNVR · Matrices

Find the missing boxLevel 6

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The picture changed. The rule still has to work.

A finite question bank

Same pages come back.
Memory starts to look like skill.
They learn the page, not the rule.
Then the book ends.

Why unlimited matters

Fresh puzzle. Same skill. No hiding behind memory.

The shapes can change. The rule can stay. That is how you find out whether they can really see it.

NVR families

NVR has many kinds of puzzle.

Each puzzle trains a different visual skill.

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Analogies

Spot the change. Apply it again.

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Matrices

Find the grid rule. Fill the missing box.

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Sequences

Track what changes step by step.

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Odd one out

Find the one that breaks the rule.

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Codes

Track several changes. Crack the code.

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Rotation

Follow a shape as it turns and moves.

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Folding

Track folds and cuts. Picture the paper opened again.

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Spatial

See the same object from a new side.

What NVR looks like

Find the rule. Make the leap.

The pictures change. The job stays clear.

Analogy

What changed?

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Child does: works out the change in the first pair, then applies it to the second.

Matrix

What completes the grid?

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Child does: checks across and down until one missing answer fits both rules.

Rotation

Follow the turn.

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Child does: tracks how far a shape turns, then predicts the next position.

What can change?

Before they guess, teach them what to look for.

Look for shape, shading, position, angle, number, rotation, size and symmetry. Any of them can matter.

Early levels may change one thing. Later levels mix several. The child has to decide what matters.

Shapecircle → triangle

Shadingempty → filled

Positionleft → right

Angletilt changes

Number2 → 3

Rotationturns around

Sizesmall → large

Symmetrymirror / balance

How difficulty grows

Harder should mean smarter. Not messier.

Higher levels hide the rule, mix changes, use closer wrong answers and ask the child to hold more steps at once.

EarlyOne clear change

Spot one change.

MiddleTwo rules together

Track two or more.

LaterLess obvious clues

Test the rule.

HardestSeveral steps

Hold the whole pattern.

Understanding Retention Curve

Learn it. Revisit it. Keep it.

A skill can fade when it sits. Bring it back at the right time and it can last longer.

Learn itGet it strong.

Bring it backBring it back before it slips.

Stretch the gapStill strong? Wait longer next time.

Practice shows what to bring back. Guided brings it back for them.

How understanding can fade and returnSimple illustration

For the parent or tutor

Do not settle for one NVR score.

Strong at analogies? Weak at matrices? EBA shows the difference, so practice can hit the right puzzle.

NVR this weekFamily view

AnalogiesReady for more

MatricesKeep practising

RotationRevisit soon

SpatialStrong

Give them a puzzle they cannot memorise.

Then watch them find the way in.

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