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Interactive Learning Fails Reading Test

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the literasy-iznt-a-prublem dept.

motivator_bob writes to tell us the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the latest craze of interactive computer software is actually hurting the education level rather than helping it. From the article: "Parents have also bought into the enthusiasm for technology, spending millions on educational computer games for their young. However, research published in the journal Education 3 to 13 has found that pupils who use interactive programs cannot remember stories they have just read because they are distracted by cartoons and sound effects."

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  1. I'll say by RedNovember · · Score: 5, Funny

    I tried this out when I was a OOH SHINY!

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    "MY APOCALYPTIC TENOR HAS NOT BEEN DISPELLED!" - T-Rex, qwantz.com
    1. Re:I'll say by wmajik · · Score: 4, Funny

      I tried this out when I was a OOH SHINY! Somewhere in the Army, someone is just now figuring out that chrome on the grenade pin might have been a bad idea...

  2. Re:So what? by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is the song that doesn't end...

    Yes, it goes on and on my friend!

    Some people started singing it
    not knowing what they'd done,
    and they'll continue singing it
    forever just because...

    This is the song that doesn't end...

    (EVERYONE!)

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    Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
  3. The Pedants are Revolting... by kale77in · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Anna Karina

    So would you say your recollection of Anna Kar-en-ina was at all affected by the reading program?

    (And where's my -1 Pedant mod, hmmm? It's 2006 already, and still no Pedant mod...)