Of course, many parents assume that edutainment games are better for their children than Zelda or Grand Theft Auto, but because they don't grapple with the potentials of the form, many edutainment products are less educational than the best of the big commercial hits, Gee suggests.
But several graduates I interviewed voiced considerable dismay with their internships, saying those positions were far less educational than they had anticipated.
"My first thought was: 'bloody hell, I could take the entire family on holiday for that.' In my view, skiing is not a useful life skill and the trip was going to be a lot less educational than, say, visiting a capital city.
However, according to Grimshaw et al's recent review on various implementation strategies [ 21], audit and feedback seem to be less effective than educational strategies.
A growing number of educational institutions, particularly universities, are deploying Wi-Fi access, which can be less expensive than outfitting a campus with high-speed land lines.
It has been suggested that non-interactive audio and video are less effective educational tools than computer aided learning [ 12], where the latter has additional scope for interactivity.
We therefore hypothesized that twins born later in the 20th century would be less similar to each other in educational attainment than those born earlier in the 20th century and that heritability estimates would therefore decrease over time.
The authors commented that the passive, withdrawn behavioural style of these males led to their being offered less educational support than other children who were more disruptive.
The educational differences were less systematic than among the women, as the intermediate educational group did not always differ from the highest educational group.
Analysts predict that the first unit to be put up for sale would be Houghton's trade division, which is less profitable than the educational publishing business.
