Math Game More Effective Than Paper Exercises

July 8, 2013 — To measure the effectiveness of Monkey Tales, a study was carried out with 88 second grade pupils divided into three groups. One group was asked to play the game for a period of three weeks while the second group had to solve similar math exercises on paper and a third group received no assignment. The math performance of the children was measured using an electronic arithmetic test before and after the test period. When results were compared, the children who had played the game provided significantly more correct answers: 6% more than before, compared to only 4% for the group that made traditional exercises and 2% for the control group. In addition, both the group that played the game and that which did the exercises were able to solve the test 30% faster while the group without assignment was only 10% faster.

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Gorgeous Chinese Gardens!

If you want to see real mastery of gardening and a never ending strive towards excellence and beauty, try some of these Chinese gardens, which have really knocked the winds out of our sails, as we thought we had quite nice gardens ourselves, but bow before the masters.