Online gaming may boost school scores. Social media? Not so much If you or your kids are avid gamers, here's some good news: All that strategising may have a beneficial impact on school results. Whether regular Facebook use is a drag on one's English test scores — that's another question. A study (http://ift.tt/2azzVS5) conducted by Alberto Posso, a professor at Australia's RMIT University, found that teenagers who played online video games regularly were often able to improve their school scores. Students who were daily social media users, he found tended to under perform in maths, reading and science. "The results suggest that a student who uses online social networks on a daily basis will also obtain a grade in math that is 20 points lower than a student who never uses this type of social media," Posso said in the report. Johnson said she was not surprised the study found online gaming could be advantageous. "Many games involve a lot of strategising, problem solving, goal setting and regular practice in order to obtain more skills. That kind of mindset would of course seemingly correspond with achievement and learning." See http://ift.tt/2b9VUET
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