The Effectiveness of the Computer Games On Children's Problem-Solving Ability
Subject Areas : Educational PsychologyMaryam Taghavi Jelodar 1 , Mahyar Hami 2
1 - Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Alzahra University
2 - Master of Business Administration, Mazandaran University of Science & Technology
Keywords: Children, problem solving, Computer Games,
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of computer games on problem-solving ability. To do so, semi-experimental design pretest-posttest control group was used. The statistical society of the study, were all third and fourth grade students in the city of Babol. In order to select the sample, two boy schools were randomly selected and then between students of the two schools, 40 of the third and fourth grade students were randomly divided into four groups of 10-person action computer games, strategic computer games, educational computer games and the control group. The results of Analysis of Covariance showed that although there was no significant difference in pre-test problem-solving ability in four groups, after adjusting for pre-test and post-test there were significant differences between the four groups (P
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