Computer Kids

Computers Lower Grades, But Boost IQs

Many groups want to bring a computer to every child in the world, on the assumption that the computer will help the child in school and life. But is that assumption true?

Not in Romania, where a new study of lower income families shows that the introduction of a non-internet computer in the home markedly lowered grades in school, but improved the child’s cognitive skills, like spatial relations. Ofer Malamud is an assistant professor of public policy at the University of Chicago and study co-author.

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