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by Liz Tay, August 19 2008
Video games could benefit students by improving gamers’ problem-solving skills, dexterity, and scientific thinking, psychologists say.
At the annual convention of the American Psychological Association on Sunday, researchers discussed the effects of video games on high school and college students.
University of Wisconsin researchers highlighted a November 2006 study of nearly 2,000 online discussion posts about the popular multiplayer online game World of Warcraft.
In the study, discussion posts were examined against codes based on national benchmarks for scientific literacy to see what types of conversations took place, such as social bantering versus problem-solving.
The codes addressed...
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