Literature review

"In violent computer and computer games, the child player needs to perform acts of violence to achieve the end goal of the game (for example to use an electronic gun to kill opponents)."

Anderson. Craig A and Bushman, Brad (2001) "Effects of violent video games on aggressive behaviour, aggressive cognition, aggressive affect, physiological arousal, and pro-social behaviour: a meta-analytic review of the scientific literature"
Psychological Science vol. 12(5) September 2001, p353
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Unsworth, Gabrielle & Ward T (2001) "Video games and aggressive behaviour"
Australian Psychologist vol. 36 (3) November 2001 p184
http://www.youngmedia.org.au/mediachildren/05_02_viol_games.htm

"Two thirds of those aged between 12 and 15 said that violence in games had more of an impact on behaviour than violence in television or films, the study by Ofcom found."

By Nicole Martin, Digital and Media Correspondent
Published: 3:57PM BST 16 May 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1967794/Video-games-cause-violence-most-children-admit-to-Ofcom.html

"Playing computer games may actually be good for children, according to a government study that found no proof that even violent games triggered aggressive behaviour."

Gaby Hinsliff
The Observer,Sunday 21 May 2006

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

• Keen to learn
• Knowledge in the IT field
• Good group leader & member

Weaknesses

• Distracted easily
• Bad note taker
• Writing essays
  

Opportunities

• Learning my interest
• Lead to a job
• Learn new things

Threats

• Financial difficulties
• Meeting deadline

This is my SWOT analysis, this shows a few of my strenghts, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

VARK Questionnaire

The following are the results for my VARK questionnaire.

Visual

• 2
  

Aural

• 2
  

Read/write

• 0
  

Kinesthetic

• 9

From these results it is easy to see that kinesthetic is my dominant learning style, this means I learn best from getting hands on and stuck into the task.

Learning Timeline

This is my learning timeline, which shows my basic learning experiences.