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Follow-up: Find a deck of cards and deal again. Look at
each of the four cards and try to find a connection within
each set of four cards.
If you are outdoors, you can play this game with li-
cense plates. Find a connection among the digits on the
plate. Do the same for the letters. Look for all stick letters
(A, V, M), rounded letters (O, C, S), and combination stick
and curve (P, D, B). Be creative! But don’t let it interfere
with your driving!

PREPARING FOR YOUR INFORMATION-
PROCESSING POSTASSESSMENT

Before you do your postassessment, let’s see how you might
apply some of the techniques of this chapter to the informa-
tion-processing preassessment. First, refresh your mind by
rereading the shopping scenario on page 83.
Here are some examples of how you might have used
the information-processing techniques of this chapter to
help you remember the items on your errands list: