3 onderzoeken die allemaal draaien rond de invloed op leren:

• Eerst positief: puzzelen tussen 2 en 4 helpt of beter correleert met beter wiskunde leren later: “Children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills, a study by University of Chicago researchers has found. Puzzle play was found to be a significant predictor of spatial skill after controlling for differences in parents’ income, education and the overall amount of parent language input.” (bron)
• SMS-en zou dan weer een negatief effect hebben op hoe we woorden begrijpen:  “Research designed to understand the effect of text messaging on language found that texting has a negative impact on people’s linguistic ability to interpret and accept words.” (bron)
• Neenee, SMS-en, Wordfeud en twitteren is net goed voor de taal, stelt Hans Bennis in Onze Taal. (check oa hier)