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- Fracture98, on 09/26/2008, -4/+31What a concept. 20 minutes of math practice a day improves math skills. Go figure!
Nice job spinning it into a Nintendo marketing win. - FlorenceW, on 09/26/2008, -2/+24They should do like a Nintendo before and after kid
Before: fat, dumb
After: thin, smart - CrackyJSquirrel, on 09/26/2008, -0/+12I though this was the whole point of these games? Why is it news when something does what it designed to do?
- gungaroo22, on 09/26/2008, -0/+11Exactly - kids see it more as a game, not as math practice. Yes, 20 minutes of math practice helps. Not many kids will want to. But 20 minutes of math disguised as a game? It's novel and practical.
- inactive, on 09/26/2008, -0/+10I have yet to see a Water Temple exam, cool though it may be.
- HarryRag, on 09/26/2008, -0/+10"Nice job spinning it into a Nintendo marketing win."
Well, it's marketed heavily and it's on a portable videogame system, something that children use a lot. And with the touchscreen, it can be fun. - emotecontrol, on 09/26/2008, -0/+8So does escaping from the Matrix and meeting the Zionists and having them stick a plug in the back of your head and upload a bunch of *****.
- tbredofsin, on 09/26/2008, -1/+8How is this surprising? You practice doing something, you get better at doing it.
Or did they assume it being a game automatically negated any educational value? - twoyups, on 09/26/2008, -0/+6It's a study on a specific Nintendo product. I'd be concerned if they studied one product and reported results as if they studied something else.
*smells Fracture98's cheerios*
Yup, I knew it: urine. - StarWarsFever, on 09/26/2008, -1/+7ZOMG studying Math can make you better at Math!
:O - zerhynn, on 09/26/2008, -1/+7I believe you mean "Can it improve the submitted content author's punctuation?"
- archer104, on 09/26/2008, -1/+7Spinning it? It's an independent agency coming out and saying this. And is it a bad thing if kids are learning AND having fun? Someone like McDonald's showing athletes eating their crap is spinning, not this.
- archer104, on 09/26/2008, -0/+6Because there are a bunch of idiots who say, "playing video games isn't studying! Go outside and ru...go inside and read a textbook!"
- adiyo011, on 09/26/2008, -0/+5Next step is Starcraft for management skills.
- hiriumi, on 09/26/2008, -0/+5American game companies should make more educational instead of making war and sports games all the time.
- emotecontrol, on 09/26/2008, -0/+5Hey kids! Let's do math problems!
or
Hey kids! Everybody grab a DS! It's time to play a game!
...seriously, this is obviously an effective way to encourage skill development. Why people think that learning needs to be dull and gruelling is beyond me. - douglasbenson, on 09/26/2008, -0/+5Dugg for maths.
- Bbanda, on 09/26/2008, -0/+4I agree who would think practicing something would make you better at it? But really there aren't many puzzles like you see in Zelda but why wouldn't those kinds of things boost your problem solving skills.
- koolmoecraig, on 09/26/2008, -0/+3So let me get this straight....A game called "Brain Training" is good for the brain? Brilliant. Thank you so much for posting!
- Terasiel, on 09/26/2008, -0/+3Don't forget, it's also marketed towards the elderly.
- KaivenTor, on 09/26/2008, -0/+3Practice, practice, practice... But if you make it fun it's revolutionary?
- inactive, on 09/26/2008, -0/+3this is one of the stupidest experiments i've ever seen. if they tested children who are aged 9-10 that means the children are learning arithmetic. the brain game is nothing but arithmetic so if a person practices arithmetic 20 mins a day, is it a wonder that they improve?
- Terasiel, on 09/26/2008, -1/+4News Flash! Dynamite explodes when ignited! Scientists are working around the clock to find out why!
- fredJdukes, on 09/26/2008, -1/+4Well... smart, anyway.
- r0gue6, on 09/26/2008, -1/+4Really? Doing math helps people learn math?
Who would have thought? - archer104, on 09/26/2008, -0/+3Speaking of technology in the classroom, I had a physics class that made us get remotes for use during class. The professor would ask a question and then give us a few answers and we had to pick one. It only counted as a participation grade but it was great because the professor would know if he should go over it some more or move on. Some people don't like asking questions in case it is dumb or just recently covered and you weren't paying attention. It also made me more willing to pay attention because class was more interactive. He could also poll us during reviews to pick what we should go over. I think that all classes should have something like this and it would be cheap if was some kind of modified wii.
- BlueSkyfish, on 09/28/2008, -0/+3They're all inside playing Nintendo.
- Terasiel, on 09/26/2008, -0/+3So does learning from a teacher writing in the dirt with a stick.
- bigpun, on 09/26/2008, -0/+3How the hell do you unbury something? Accidentally hit 'bury' on this and can't figure out how to undo it
- rodon, on 09/26/2008, -0/+2isn't the title claim a "no-brainer"? All the math that Brain Training has in it is at elementary school level,
- GokuSoul, on 09/26/2008, -0/+2video games + learning = win
- zadadka, on 09/26/2008, -0/+2...and there I was thinking only Patrick Stewart could operate and instruct others about a DS running Brain Training....
(sarcasm...in case there's doubt) - thewiirefanboy, on 09/26/2008, -0/+2I thought the purpose of the game was to improve in math??? WTF...
- leerayIG88, on 09/26/2008, -1/+3Give me the brains. Me zombie to want brains.
- Darkangel754, on 09/28/2008, -0/+2@Phalanxia
No one would be able to pass it - ChronicColonic, on 09/26/2008, -1/+3Video games help everything - my kids excel at jackin' cars and dealing thanks to GTA4. They really should remove the M rating from that game...
- Terasiel, on 09/26/2008, -0/+2HOLY *****! It's a good thing that wasn't the obvious side effect of doing the tasks that are presented to you within the game; and surely it wasn't written on the box and said in all the commercials!
- Shaflugi, on 09/27/2008, -1/+3SunSparrow, I'm pretty sure you only do that if the word ends with an "S" to begin with..
- SunSparrow, on 09/27/2008, -1/+3Or at least move the apostrophe to the spot after the 'S.'
- JessicaSarahS, on 09/27/2008, -0/+2Where's the fun in that?!
- mrplinko, on 09/27/2008, -0/+2Um, Isn't this the same thing we(they) said when mathblaster came around? nix that, what about the C64 math games that made us add/multiply and divide like pros. While the new games/e-learning software is sure to make great progress, it's certainly not new.
Anyone else remember running these proggies from a 286 or even an AT? What? You have a math co-processor on your box? Sucks to you DX machine.
Ok, good night. - Nintendesert, on 09/27/2008, -0/+2Do they have bookworm for the DS? I soo need to burn down some libraries.
- BlueSkyfish, on 09/28/2008, -0/+2But then young adults wouldn't be so eager to join the military.
- alex7575, on 09/26/2008, -0/+2And playing with their wee wee makes god cry, that pretty much closes the circle of faith and science...
- inactive, on 09/26/2008, -0/+2But apparently not submitter's spelling.
- LOLgas, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1Hmmm, that would be really fun, and much less frustrating, but can we really learn everything we need through vidio games?
i don't know. - nathanww, on 09/27/2008, -1/+2I'd imagine that they had some sort of control though--so they're saying that this is better than "traditional" math practice
- LOLgas, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1yeah, but war games are more fun
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