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New research shows that video games have great educational potential.
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Ninety-seven percent of American teenagers regularly play video games.
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- Alexis Jackson on 10 Feb 14
  
  Need to find this study from M.I.T. Education Arcade.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Need to find this study from M.I.T. Education Arcade.</div>
  
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They found that students who went straight to the lecture did not know what to listen for, whereas students who played the game first had better context and greater motivation.
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M.I.T. Media Lab developed a programming language, Scratch, that enables kids as young as kindergartners to build games. Microsoft has developed a similar tool called Kodu.
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