Nearly half of surveyed students believe video games might help develop useful skills or provide valuable experience¶

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Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? 48% of surveyed students responded affirmatively when asked whether playing video games might help develop useful skills or provide valuable experience; 32% were unsure and around 20% were certain they could not. → Matthew Barr 2020

Evidence¶

Matthew Barr 2020¶

Matthew Barr. (2020). A cross-sectional study of video game play habits and graduate skills attainment. Research in Learning Technology. https://doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v28.2326

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Descriptive survey item from the cross-sectional study (N = 2145). The article reports 48% affirmative, 32% unsure and around 20% certain that games could not develop useful skills or provide valuable experience.

"nearly half of those surveyed (48%) responded in the affirmative. A large proportion (32%) of respondents weren’t sure if games could be helpful in this regard, while around 20% of those surveyed were certain that games could not develop useful skills."

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