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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: 2) by meustrus on Wednesday August 10 2016, @01:01AM

    by meustrus (4961) on Wednesday August 10 2016, @01:01AM (#386050)

    Besides, I don't think social media is a good educator for socializing beyond the superficial interactions you'll have with people at the supermarket or a party.

    It's too bad we won't get any scientific data on that hypothesis of yours. Time spent exercising soft skills is "wasted" according to anybody who'd care about research.

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  • (Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Wednesday August 10 2016, @05:40PM

    by Zz9zZ (1348) on Wednesday August 10 2016, @05:40PM (#386331)

    There are plenty of researches who care about this, but such skills are hard to quantify and have a really large number of variables. Only the hardcore physicists and mathematicians don't care about soft skills, they take pride in their own arrogance and lack of people skills.

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