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Math is better studied in the game

16.07.2013

Thanks to a special educational game, children are much better at solving math problems, according to a new study from the University of Ghent (Belgium). To measure the effectiveness of the Monkey Tales learning game in improving math skills, the researchers divided elementary school students into three groups. In the first group, the kids played Monkey Tales for three weeks. The second group did the exercises in a regular notebook. The third group did not complete any learning tasks at all. Before the start of the test, the students took an arithmetic test. They repeated the same test after several weeks of "training".

It turned out that children who played Monkey Tales got an average of 6% more correct answers than before. The children who did the exercises in the notebook improved their results by 4%. Participants in the no-task group improved their test scores by only 2%. In addition, students who played Monkey Tales or did exercises in a notebook solved the test tasks faster than those who did not do additional math (improvements were 30% and 10%, respectively).

It is important that the students found playing Monkey Tales as an exercise in math skills interesting and exciting. About 60% of students would prefer to do math while playing. And only 39% preferred to do exercises in a notebook. Thus, we can say that the game has a positive effect on learning. The game not only improves skills, but also gives children pleasure, mathematics seems less boring to them, and they study it with more pleasure. Scientists do not exclude that the positive effect may be just related to the children's passion for the game. In addition, the game is better than paper exercises due to the fact that it allows you to quickly increase the level of difficulty, and thus, additionally trains cognitive skills.

Educational games are becoming an increasingly important part of the learning process. Already now the turnover of these games is about 2,3 billion euros, but it is expected that by 2015 it will be 5,5 billion euros. Educational games are actively used in the US Army to improve tactical training skills. In addition, games are used in large companies for staff training. And of course, the frequency of using games in education is growing.

If children like educational games, they will learn with pleasure, scientists say.

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