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| 31 Aug 2007 10:05:34 am |
 Study Shows Learning about Brain Improves Math Scores |
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A study in the scientific journal Child Development shows that a student’s view of intelligence can improve their grades.
Psychologist Carol Dweck from Stanford University and Lisa Blackwell, Columbia University randomly assigned 100 seventh graders all doing poorly in math to either workshops on good study skills or workshops on the expanding nature of intelligence and the brain.
The students in the brain group “learned that the brain actually forms new connections every time you learn something new, and that this makes you smarter. This group was basically given a mini course on how the brain works. By the end of the semester, the students who had been taught that the brain can grow smarter had significantly better math grades than the other group.”
“When they studied, they thought about those neurons forming new connections,” Dweck says. “When they worked harder in school, they actually visualized how their brain was growing.”
Now imagine learning about the brain while playing a video game. Morphonix’s new game "Neuromatrix” teaches children how their brains work.
Morphonix brain games: Cool enough to play at home, smart enough to play at school. |
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Category : Education and the Brain
| Posted By : Karen Littman |
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| 20 Aug 2007 09:16:09 am |
| Neuromatrix Wins Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award |
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Exciting news!
Neuromatrix is the winner of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) 2007 Games for Health Competition for Open Prototype. We’re honored to have been selected. |
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Category : General
| Posted By : Karen Littman |
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| 07 Aug 2007 09:38:37 am |
| Neuromatrix Launch |
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| I’m thrilled to tell you that Neuromatrix is complete. We’re taking pre-orders for late August delivery. Neuromatrix includes Teacher’s Materials that address National and State Science and Language standards. These are free and can be accessed by selecting Games, Neuromatrix, and Teacher’s Materials. Neuromatrix has been a labor of love for all of us who have created it for the last 5 years. We hope you enjoy it! |
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Category : Video Games and Learning
| Posted By : Karen Littman |
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