Games and Literacy Welcome! You are encouraged to register with the site and login (for free). When you register, you support the site and your question history is saved.Although computers can improve hand-eye coordination and spatial reasoning, computer games are a cause of poor literacy in children. After-school hours spent playing computer games are hours not spent reading. Therefore, children who spend most of their spare time playing these games have less experience reading than other children have.The argument depends on which of the following assumptions? Passive activities such as watching television and listening to music do not hinder the development of reading skills in children. Most children who play video games do not have other opportunities other than after-school hours in which they might focus on reading. Children who do not spend most of their after-school hours playing computer games spend at least some of that time reading. Formal instruction contributes little or nothing to children's acquisition of reading skills. The mental skills developed through playing computer games do not contribute significantly to children's intellectual development. Review Answer