ACCEPTANCE OF EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER GAMES: A CASE STUDY IN A MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY Roslina Ibrahim 1‚Azizah Jaafar2‚ Khalili Khalil3 1 Advanced Informatics School (AIS)‚ Universiti Teknologi Malaysia‚ Jalan Semarak‚ 54100‚ Kuala Lumpur 2 Faculty of Information Science and Technology‚ Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia‚ Bangi‚ Selangor 3 International Islamic University‚ Gombak‚ Selangor Malaysia 1 lina@ic.utm.my‚ 2aj@ftsm.ukm.my‚ 3khalili@iium.edu.my ABSTRACT Educational computer games (ECG) are regarded
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------------------------------------------------- Business Communication ------------------------------------------------- Assignment No.1 Linh Huynh Full Name: HUYNH THI TRUC LINH Lecturer: Jerry Cruz Due Day: June 6‚ 2011 Topic: Computer Use and Its Impacts on Children TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction1 II. Reasons3 A. Helping children study 3 B. Having parents’ approval 3 III.TRANSITION………………………………………………………….…4 IV. IMPACTS……………………………………………………………..…..4 A. PHYSICAL PROBLEMS……………………………………………………..…..4 B. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
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English 1120 10 March 2006 Video Games vs. Children The promotion of violence by today’s media‚ especially video games‚ has caused violence and aggression in reality to become a major concern. As gaming graphics and special effects are becoming more realistic‚ this portrayal of violence is one of the many important concerns in society. These days‚ a person can pick up a controller‚ move a joystick around‚ press a few buttons‚ and totally devastate an entire city. The recent uproar about this
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The effects of videogames on children Today in the world there are many options and ways to entertain children. There are football clubs‚ movies‚ television programs‚ and video games. But there are many activities that are not good for children‚ who have ill effects on your subconscious and in the way they operate. We know that violence on television has bad effects on children. Psychologists say that there is a correlation between the aggressiveness and violence on television "is as strong as
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Effects of Video Games on Children Nowadays‚ game is so popular that everybody can see its appearances everywhere easily. There are a lot of type of game have been invented such as cosule game‚ Actually‚ video games have become a part of children ’s life for the past few decades‚ because they are so convenient that children can play them whenever and wherever to spend time. There are a lot of opinions about effects of video game on our future generation. In some study‚ video games can be considered
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Academic effects on children: Both positive and negative effects are involved when children use video games. It is proven that video games have both a negative and a positive effect on children academically. There are basically five varieties of video games including sports‚ general entertainment‚ fantasy violence‚ educational games and human violence. Extensive research has been conducted since the time of its inception to study the effects of video games on children. The results of these studies
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Foreign Literature: Lepper‚ M. R. & Gurtner‚ J (2000)‚ states that prolonged and excessive use of these games can cause‚ mainly upon children‚ a number of physical and psychological problems which may include obsessive‚ addictive behaviour‚ dehumanization of the player‚ desensitizing of feelings‚ personality changes‚ hyperactivity learning disorders‚ premature maturing of children‚ psychomotor disorders‚ health problems (due to lack of exercise & tendonitis)‚ Development of anti-social behaviour
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The Effects of Video Games on Children: What Parents Need to Know The home video game industry is now over 30 years old. In that time‚ computer technology has improved at a geometric rate. A high speed elevator now has more computing power than the Apollo spacecraft that landed on the moon. The promise of computers and video games as teachers was clearly recognized in the 1980s when there was a nationwide push to get computers into the classrooms. In the years that have followed‚ researchers
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skills * Negative correlation on time spent on games and academic performance Conclusion Bibliography THESIS STATEMENT Excessive playing of video games can cause decreased social interaction‚ psychological disturbances and increased aggressive behavior‚ deterioration in health and poor academic performance in children. ABSTRACT The playing of video games was investigated to observe and analyse the consequences on children. The effects on social interaction‚ psychological
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Are Harry Potter Books Harmful for Children? As far as I’m concerned‚ the Harry Potter series are quite suitable for children to read. As we all know‚ this set of books is written about a boy who is a wizard‚ and he fights with the devil for the justice‚ during the process it also show us how to treat our real friends and our family. Some parents and censors consider this book harmful for children to read and try to ban it‚ because of the manipulation‚ lying‚ violence‚ witchcraft (which they
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