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Article: Independent Study Finds Playing The Stock Market Game(TM) Yields Substantial Gains for Student Achievement in Mathematics and Financial Literacy
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- August 27, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Paula Corrigan-Halpern of Learning Point Associates, +1-
312-288-7618, paula.corrigan-halpern@learningpt.org
Students who played The Stock Market Game simulation in schools
scored higher in mathematics and showed greater investment knowledge
CHICAGO, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Learning Point
Associates announced today that a rigorous randomized controlled
trial of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
(SIFMA) Foundation's Stock Market Game found that students who
played the game scored significantly higher on mathematics tests
than their peers who did not play the game. Students playing The
Stock Market Game, a financial literacy ...