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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday August 09 2016, @05:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-always-knew-there-were-benefits dept.

Australian Broadcast Corp reports:

Research released from RMIT [Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology] University has found gaming helps boost results in maths, science and reading.

But researchers said scrolling through Facebook, Instagram or chat sites had the reverse effect, by hindering academic success in high school.
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Associate Professor Posso used data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) to analyse the online habits of 12,000 Australian 15 year olds, which he then compared to their academic results.

He said the PISA data revealed that online gaming helped young people develop analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the study found spending hours on social media was mostly wasted time for teenagers, in terms of academic performance.

Australian teenagers who used Facebook or chat sites every day scored 20 points worse in maths than students who never used social media, the research said.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @05:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @05:48PM (#385874)

    Judging by the inane bullshit idiots post in GitHub issue trackers, GitHub is worse than Facebook.

    Idiot says, Dude, I like broke your swerver and I dunno whut I did.

    Cue all of Idiot's followers swarming in and replying with thumbs up.

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