Study: New Games Harm School Work

**Kugyince** · 03-18-2010, 03:06 AM

A new study has been published that concludes that videogames can impact on kids' school work.

According to the study, young boys who receive their first console show no signs of improvement in reading or writing tests over a period of four months.

"For children without games, scores go up over time," said Robert Weis of Denison University in Ohio, co-author of the study. "For boys with games, scores remain relatively stable. You don't see the typical development in reading and writing."

The ESA responded, saying: "Can anyone be surprised that kids tend to play more with new videogames, or toys or bicycles, than with the older ones?"

Study: New Games Harm School Work | Edge Online

**Tails** · 03-18-2010, 03:51 AM

Lil obvious dood. :P

**CatalystiCam** · 03-18-2010, 07:59 AM

People are going to fight to ban video games at this rate if they haven't already. There is many kids who just don't care about school. My whole class is failing pretty much because they all talk rather than work. Only kids that are passing are myself and a few others.

**nikegirl2012** · 03-18-2010, 02:46 PM

I don't think video games are the problem. I've always had a console in my house, and actually, I started reading more after I got my super nes. I can't really remember why or exactly when, but between 3rd grade and 5th grade I just started reading more and my grades have never depended on whether I read more or less, or I play more or less. They fully depend on how motivated I am to actually study and work. When I was mentally competing for best grades in math against the boy I liked (he didn't know I was trying to best him), I almost got a 100 on my report card. When I thought my chemistry teacher was pretty hot, you can bet I got the highest grade, even better than the Korean girl (who was the typical Korean girl that always gets the highest grades).

**Kugyince** · 03-18-2010, 03:47 PM

Study? Eww...

**Mareeps** · 03-18-2010, 03:52 PM

I have never studied for a test, and I almost always do better than those that study.

**samejamesbond** · 03-18-2010, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by brawlmaster12344

I have never studied for a test, and I almost always do better than those that study.

Same here.

**Tails** · 03-18-2010, 04:01 PM

When I was in school, I did nothing at home.

**nikegirl2012** · 03-18-2010, 04:16 PM

Just because you don't study and do better than the rest doesn't mean you learn or that you are getting good grades. If I don't study, I can get an 80 average. Also, it depends on the school you go to. I had a friend that she could get 100 easy in her school, now she has to really work for it. I didn't say I like to study, just sometimes, and it's a good habit.

**DrunkN** · 03-18-2010, 04:25 PM

Well that's no surprise, but it's not really nessecary to study if you are one of the 40 percent of modern teenagers who doesn't copy homework answers.

The only time games can actually pull me away from schoolwork is a long project in which you have several days to work at.

**fungusman** · 03-18-2010, 05:54 PM

Study: Studies are academic maneuvers to secure funding,are conclusively skewed, exercise intellectual inbreeding.

What's my premise? I'm a data analyst graduate who has worked with several funded intellectuals whom are basically scene kids with monkey like technical abilities. Plenty of money wasted and tons of data anomalies that are published at the hands of cave man like technical skills.

I'm not trying to say that all studies are incorrect. What I want to convey is that some of these "published" works are by buffoons, savvy in the art of "prof courtship". The relationship between "Studies" and "Universal Truth Scientific Verbatim" is very closely bound. A danger if taken at face value. Do "scene kids with monkey like technical abilities" make inadequate studies? It's subjective to the implicative color of the propagandist. Be careful what you read and who is telling you to read what. The birth of many tyrants and death of many visionaries stem from constructed enlightenment perceived as critical thought.

**mario90s** · 03-18-2010, 06:24 PM

Again, ANOTHER "important" article from the videogame hater. First of all, like anyone else who's posted here, they all say, including me, that videogames aren't the problem! They just wanna talk with their friends, or go home and watch TV. Jeez, why do you even keep posting these?

**nikegirl2012** · 03-18-2010, 06:35 PM

I like them, they make good discussions and get me thinking

**samejamesbond** · 03-18-2010, 07:04 PM

Yeah, it's nice to have civil discussions.

**Dudebro** · 03-18-2010, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by mario90s

Again, ANOTHER "important" article from the videogame hater.

You need to calm down and rethink what your saying. Tenser is not doing anything wrong and he never claimed that he supports the subject of it. If you can't handle it go to another topic.

**Mareeps** · 03-18-2010, 07:18 PM

If Tenser hated video games, then why would he be on this website?

**fungusman** · 03-18-2010, 07:53 PM

Keep posting them, it keeps us on our toes. Obviously a lot of these are key talking points in the media, it's good to be familiar with the counter point when/if it's brought up to you somewheres else.

**Kugyince** · 03-18-2010, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mario90s

Again, ANOTHER "important" article from the videogame hater. First of all, like anyone else who's posted here, they all say, including me, that videogames aren't the problem! They just wanna talk with their friends, or go home and watch TV. Jeez, why do you even keep posting these?

You sir, are a moron.

**DrunkN** · 03-18-2010, 08:24 PM

Mario, when you use fully-capitalized words you make yourself seem like you are yelling. You should instead use italicization.

**StarfoxFan2009** · 03-18-2010, 08:31 PM

Where do these people come up with these notions? I've had a console in my house since i was five and I did really well. The only thing i can't do straight off is algebra.

**DrunkN** · 03-18-2010, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by StarfoxFan2009

Where do these people come up with these notions? I've had a console in my house since i was five and I did really well. The only thing i can't do straight off is algebra.

Algebra you say? What class you be taking?

**Kugyince** · 03-18-2010, 08:35 PM

It really is a laughable report.

**samejamesbond** · 03-18-2010, 08:42 PM

Mario I'd recommend avoiding capital letters, it makes you sound like you're yelling:

**mario90s** · 03-18-2010, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tenser

You sir, are a moron.

Again, I'm sorry. I didn't know, I was just looking at them, I'm sorry, if your mad, and you can call me a moron for the rest of your life, if you want to.

**Demon-Mask** · 03-19-2010, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by mario90s

Again, I'm sorry. I didn't know, I was just looking at them, I'm sorry, if your mad, and you can call me a moron for the rest of your life, if you want to.

It wouldn't stop him if you didn't want him to.