How do Video Games affect School Achievement
Tyler Holland
There have been lots of questions about whether or not children playing video games is beneficial towards sharpening their mental faculties or if it is bad to let children play video games.
This topic has been discussed for a long time and it can actually go both ways. To be honest, with the information the we currently have we can say, children playing video games probably does not affect their performance in school unless that playing affects their working on homework or getting sleep, nor does it actually decrease their ability to understand/comprehend new subjects.
an experiment was conducted, we found a large group of children that didn't have any gaming system, then we split them into two groups. One group was given a gaming system immediately and the other group wasn't until later on, the two groups were examined and the group that had been given the gaming system had scored less than the other groups on average and was less focused in class. the other group was also given a gaming system but not until later on so they did better in class until they too were given the prize.
The thing was is that we can't be sure if it was the actual video games that affected the learning or if it was because the children had never been able to play before and they were excited to use them, and might have gotten better at time management as time went on.
Overall, people can't find any evidence that it is actually bad for children to be playing video games.
There have been lots of questions about whether or not children playing video games is beneficial towards sharpening their mental faculties or if it is bad to let children play video games.
This topic has been discussed for a long time and it can actually go both ways. To be honest, with the information the we currently have we can say, children playing video games probably does not affect their performance in school unless that playing affects their working on homework or getting sleep, nor does it actually decrease their ability to understand/comprehend new subjects.
an experiment was conducted, we found a large group of children that didn't have any gaming system, then we split them into two groups. One group was given a gaming system immediately and the other group wasn't until later on, the two groups were examined and the group that had been given the gaming system had scored less than the other groups on average and was less focused in class. the other group was also given a gaming system but not until later on so they did better in class until they too were given the prize.
The thing was is that we can't be sure if it was the actual video games that affected the learning or if it was because the children had never been able to play before and they were excited to use them, and might have gotten better at time management as time went on.
Overall, people can't find any evidence that it is actually bad for children to be playing video games.
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