Turbo Boost Your Kid’s Grades! How You Can Use Video Game Techniques to Improve Smarts and Test Scores
As CNN recently reported, studies show that playing video games increases children’s attention span and brain development. But how can that benefit their school work? Do you really want your child to spend more time playing video games, hoping it turns into better SAT scores?
(PRWEB) October 22, 2005 -- Here’s how any parent can use the benefits of video game techniques to improve kids grades and those high-stakes test scores:
| | - Rapid-fire repetition: How many times can they spell a tough word correctly in 1 minute? You keep time while they keep track.
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| | - Speed is Exciting: Use flash-cards for memorizing facts, like times tables or state capitals, but keep a quick pace for changing from card to card. Don’t linger on a card longer than three seconds.
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| | - Focus on Visuals: For items like math word problems, have your child draw the problem and use their visual skills. When they see it, they can solve it.
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| | - More Chaos Is No Problem: For tasks like memorizing maps, let your student look at the map for short ten to twenty-second bursts. They’ll memorize more accurately than looking for a long time.
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| | - The Game Doesn’t Stop for Mistakes: Take advantage of their attention span by not stopping for mistakes. Acknowledge and correct mistakes at the end of the activity, which shifts focus specifically to what they do need to learn.
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About Athena Murphy
Athena Murphy is the author of the article "Video Game Smarts," which is available at http://www.sing-in-tune.com/vgsmarts.html This article is the first in a series showing how to use brain science in practical ways to make learning, music and achievement easier. She has been a music educator for eleven years, teaching students of all ages. She is also the creator of Tune Up!, a program that teaches anyone how to sing perfectly in tune using the brain power they already have.
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