Post: Computer gamers less likely to go to university, research shows
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04-08-2011, 02:45 PM
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Mr. DarkKV
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Frequently playing computer games appears to reduce a teenager's chances of going to university, while reading enhances the likelihood that they will go on to study for a degree, according to Oxford University research that tracked 17,000 people born in 1970.
Reading was also linked to careers success, as the research finds 16-year-olds who read books at least once a month were significantly more likely to be in a professional or managerial job at 33 than those who didn't read books at all.
For girls, there was a 39% probability that they would be in a professional or managerial position at 33 if they read at 16, compared to a 25% chance if they had not. Among boys, there was a 58% chance of being in a good job as an adult if they had read as a teenager, compared to a 48% chance if they had not. Playing computer games regularly and doing no other activities meant the chances of going to university fell from 24% to 19% for boys and from 20% to 14% for girls.
Mark Taylor, of Nuffield College, Oxford, who carried out the research, said that results indicated there was "something special" about reading for pleasure.
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Frequently playing computer games appears to reduce a teenager's chances of going to university, while reading enhances the likelihood that they will go on to study for a degree, according to Oxford University research that tracked 17,000 people born in 1970.
Reading was also linked to careers success, as the research finds 16-year-olds who read books at least once a month were significantly more likely to be in a professional or managerial job at 33 than those who didn't read books at all.
For girls, there was a 39% probability that they would be in a professional or managerial position at 33 if they read at 16, compared to a 25% chance if they had not. Among boys, there was a 58% chance of being in a good job as an adult if they had read as a teenager, compared to a 48% chance if they had not. Playing computer games regularly and doing no other activities meant the chances of going to university fell from 24% to 19% for boys and from 20% to 14% for girls.
Mark Taylor, of Nuffield College, Oxford, who carried out the research, said that results indicated there was "something special" about reading for pleasure.
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04-08-2011, 04:01 PM
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04-08-2011, 05:06 PM
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04-08-2011, 08:30 PM
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cm79by
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1970 and its now 2011
games have been developed to help you rather than make you less successful
take any call of duty game for example. it helps you respond to difficult situations and make quick decisions. things like the wii, PS move and kinect help with hand eye co-ordination.
GTA IV helped people do quick responses,
if the same research was done 30 years later it would show that nearly every gamer got into university.
also half the time in video games you have to read something at least like mission criteria etc.
games have been developed to help you rather than make you less successful
take any call of duty game for example. it helps you respond to difficult situations and make quick decisions. things like the wii, PS move and kinect help with hand eye co-ordination.
GTA IV helped people do quick responses,
if the same research was done 30 years later it would show that nearly every gamer got into university.
also half the time in video games you have to read something at least like mission criteria etc.
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