Now Teachers Encourage Computer Games in Class. Games like "Angry Birds" and "Guild Wars 2" are used to teach physics, writing and more. By . Stephanie Banchero. Share. Resize.

Badges, leaderboards and other game elements are familiar in K-12 classrooms, but more university courses are embracing learning through gaming. Yan Shi’s computer science course at the University of ...

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 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.

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...