Starcraft 2 Science: Skillcraft's Study - Page 8
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worldjr
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CrushDog5
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On September 12 2011 17:05 Thorzain wrote: Completed the survey. Excited about the results! Hey Thorzain, it would be a big help if you could encourage other progamers you know to participate. An expertise study is only as good as its experts. | ||
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infinitum
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price
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sounds very interesting! | ||
ishyishy
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Yet where do you think the design of these simulators come from (e.g., air traffic controll, flight simulators)? They in partcome from studies such as this one; they are in part designed by experts on research in the field of expertise acquisition. The design of the simulation at your police academy or at the military training facility could very well be based on research done in different domains (e.g., chess, but now also SC2). Its the way it works Simulators are first person. I would love for you to read the research by De Groot and Chase and Simon as an example on what such research exactly entails and what implications and consequences there can be. For example, research on chess expertise has provided unique insights into our the way our memory functions and on expertise acquisition and development. Ok so people have already done this research then? Using chess or w/e other game? Why does it need to be done again if they are going to come up with the same results? Waste of time and money. Again, there is no arguement for using sc2 over a real-time simulation. It's a joke. Anyone that isnt a sc2 super fanboy can clearly see this. | ||
CrushDog5
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On September 13 2011 06:20 infinitum wrote: I have to say, the reason that parents limit the amount of time kids can play video games is because if they didn't, video games would supplant a lot of other extremely useful activity, like reading (which would be an unlikely thing to happen with piano). I know that was the case for me, and I am so glad that my parents limited my gaming time when I was a kid, because I would have played during all that time that I actually spent reading, and all that reading made me smart and educated. For some kids, that's probably true, and I certainly agree that parents need to take responsibility to making sure their kids are properly educated. I am a university professor who specializes in learning, after all. But, I would argue that playing good games (games that exercise a variety of cognitive capacities) are excellent ways for a someone to spend time, and I see no reason that we should prefer a child to read Harry Potter six times, charming though it was, to making Silver as Random. A healthy dose of games could have taught you something, too. | ||
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On September 13 2011 07:00 CrushDog5 wrote: For some kids, that's probably true, and I certainly agree that parents need to take responsibility to making sure their kids are properly educated. I am a university professor who specializes in learning, after all. But, I would argue that playing good games (games that exercise a variety of cognitive capacities) are excellent ways for a someone to spend time, and I see no reason that we should prefer a child to read Harry Potter six times, charming though it was, to making Silver as Random. A healthy dose of games could have taught you something, too. It's hard to say what's better or worse IMO. I think its obvious that, say, reading, playing sports and playing SC2 are all good for kids, but it's hard to know the right amounts. For example, maybe playing SC2 is better than the sixth reading of Harry Potter, but what about the first, or second reading? Will someone get more out of being competitive at an SC2 tournament, or a tennis tournament? In my opinion SC2 isn't outright better than any of those things, but it would be a cool way to spend your free time as a kid. edit: kids have a lot of free time though, haha | ||
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CrushDog5
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[B]On September 13 2011 07:30 Vul wrote:[/B It's hard to say what's better or worse IMO. I think its obvious that, say, reading, playing sports and playing SC2 are all good for kids, but it's hard to know the right amounts. For example, maybe playing SC2 is better than the sixth reading of Harry Potter, but what about the first, or second reading? Will someone get more out of being competitive at an SC2 tournament, or a tennis tournament? In my opinion SC2 isn't outright better than any of those things, but it would be a cool way to spend your free time as a kid. edit: kids have a lot of free time though, haha It's the mix that matters, as you say. My point is that every parent I know would have no problem forcing their kids to go run around outside, or practice piano, or read a book, but none of them would insist that their children play a video game. | ||
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