Computer Games Can Improve Mathematical Skills

Apparently the computer gaming world does not always give a negative side to his players. Mangahigh.com instance, the site of the famous games in London. The gaming site, offering games that use math skills used in the national curriculum. They then carried out tests on children from 12 schools in Scotland. The trial lasted 12 weeks.

According Mangahigh, average math scores of students who were tested up 13 percent after use of these gaming sites. While 93 percent of students admit that they will enjoy math if computer games are used to study the that science . Program game proved to be useful as an educational tool that stimulates both teachers and students, “said Derek Robertson, from Learning and Teaching Scotland, as quoted from the PC Advisor , May 3, 2010. “It’s important for us to ensure our students thrive in communities that rely heavily on computers.

From experiments, it was revealed that 68 percent of the students says it wants to improve their math skills to achieve a higher value when playing games in Mangahigh.com.

Meanwhile, more than half of the teachers involved claim that their students get better progress in mathematics after using the game compared to using traditional teaching methods. Most students who use Mangahigh able to solve the problem which I think difficult to accomplish if they use paper-based test methods as they usually do.