Cornell College Assistant Professor of Statistics Tyler George and one of his classes have taken part in a newly published study exploring how a unique computer game created a research experience that ...

Kids’ affinity for games like Minecraft and CodeSpells gives them a natural incentive to learn, Guthals believes. “You shouldn’t have to stop learning to do the playing and stop playing to do the ...

The computer group met in a classroom three times a week for one-hour sessions with the games. ... But the computer game players didn't walk a 33-foot course any faster than other participants, ...

The study, which tracked the computer game habits of 700 children between the ages of 7 and 16, ... and that many games are too violent or too removed from reality to be useful in class.

But kids love computer games, even if the game is teaching them something. "I like the computer class because it's entertaining and you can learn lots of things you never knew," said one boy in a ...

Computer-coding classes teach students skills they’re not getting in school ... Woodbury resident Obi Abulu, 12, uses code to modify a game at his home, Saturday, April 20, 2013.

Computer-based games can have a beneficial effect on learning, according to ground-breaking new research from the University of Bristol. The brain-imaging study shows that – contrary to popular ...

But while it’s tempting to see the gamification of education as a new development, there is in fact a long history of children using computer games to help with their learning – which goes ...