Conectar Jugando: Board Games in Elementary Classrooms (6-12 Years Old) to Improve Executive Functions (CJ-Aula)
22. november 2021 oppdatert av: Brain In Game scientific-technical service
Conectar Jugando: Effectiveness of a Modern Board Gamebased Cognitive Training to Improve Executive Function in Elementary Classrooms (6-12 Years Old) by a Cluster Controlled Trial
Executive functions are cognitive processes that have been frequently related to adequate academic performance in the scientific literature.
Current research aimed at training executive functions has found promising results using the modern board game as a cognitive tool in children.
Considering the growing interest of teachers in this playful and possibly educational and cognitive resource, a game program for cognitive purposes has been designed to be used in primary classrooms.
The main objective of the present study is to test the efficacy of a cognitive training program in the classroom based on modern board games in primary school students from ordinary schools (6 to 12 years old).
For this, there will be an experimental group that will carry out the game program "Conectar Jugando" in the classroom implemented by the teachers of the participating centers, and a control group that will be on standby and will be compensated by carrying out the game program at the finalize the post-intervention evaluation.
The classes of each school stage will be randomly assigned to an experimental group and a passive control group in each of the participating schools.
Studieoversikt
Status
Aktiv, ikke rekrutterende
Forhold
Intervensjon / Behandling
Detaljert beskrivelse
As hypotheses, it is established that: i) the experimental group will present a significantly greater improvement in the neuropsychological tasks that measure executive functions compared to the passive control group after the intervention; ii) the experimental group will present a significantly greater improvement in the tests evaluated by their parents / teachers after the intervention compared to the passive control group; iii) the experimental group will present a significantly greater improvement in academic tests after the intervention compared to the passive control group.
All hypotheses will be controlled for age, estimate of IQ and socioeconomic status, as well as previous experience in board games and other cognitive activities.
Studietype
Intervensjonell
Registrering (Faktiske)
1200
Fase
- Ikke aktuelt
Kontakter og plasseringer
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Studiesteder
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Lleida, Spania, 25001
- Faculty of Education, Psychology and Social Work; University of Lleida
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Deltakelseskriterier
Forskere ser etter personer som passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kalt kvalifikasjonskriterier. Noen eksempler på disse kriteriene er en persons generelle helsetilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.
Kvalifikasjonskriterier
Alder som er kvalifisert for studier
5 år til 13 år (Barn)
Tar imot friske frivillige
Ja
Kjønn som er kvalifisert for studier
Alle
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- be enrolled in an ordinary educational center, whether public, private or subsidized
- provide informed consent from both parents and the participant's agreement to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- comprehension difficulties due to language reasons
- sensory difficulties that make it impossible to carry out the program activities
Studieplan
Denne delen gir detaljer om studieplanen, inkludert hvordan studien er utformet og hva studien måler.
Hvordan er studiet utformet?
Designdetaljer
- Primært formål: Forebygging
- Tildeling: Randomisert
- Intervensjonsmodell: Parallell tildeling
- Masking: Enkelt
Våpen og intervensjoner
Deltakergruppe / Arm |
Intervensjon / Behandling |
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Eksperimentell: Modern board and card games group
The program consisted of 12 one-hour intervention sessions.
The sessions were biweekly with a total duration of 6 weeks.
The modern board and card games used in the program were Bee Alert (Knizia, 2012), Monster Match (Gruhl & Weir, 2018), Kaleidos Junior (Albertarelli, 1997), Sherlock Express (Kermarrec, 2019), Alles Kanone! (Knizia, 2007), Halli Galli (Shafir, 1990), Bananazul (Warsch, 2019), Blurble (Bernard, 2013), La Morada Maldita (Ortiz, 2020), Dice Academy (Gobert, 2019) and Streams (Itsubaki, 2011).
Play sessions will be held in subgroups of 3-5 children within the class group.
In each session, each subgroup will play two games.
The games used in the program have an average duration of approximately 20-30 minutes (filler games).
All subgroups will play all games in the program the same number of times with the same rules.
The game program will be the same in all participating centers to guarantee the homogeneity of its implementation.
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Modern Board Games Intervention in Elementary Classrooms
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Ingen inngripen: Wait-list group
Wait-list.
They will do the usual classes without modern board games.
At the end of the post-intervention evaluation, the Conectar Jugando game program will be implemented under the same conditions as the experimental group.
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Hva måler studien?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Visuospatial keep track task (Tamnes et al., 2010)
Tidsramme: Baseline and post intervention (after 6 weeks)
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Change in visuospatial updating from baseline to post intervention.
It consists of 9 trials of increasing difficulty in which colored faces move across the screen and it is necessary to remember the last position of each one.
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Baseline and post intervention (after 6 weeks)
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Inhibition - Child Fish Flanker Task (Benzing et al., 2018)
Tidsramme: Baseline and Post-intervention (after 6 weeks)
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Change in inhibition from baseline to post intervention.
It is an adaptation of the classic Flanker Task in which fish must be fed by pressing the key that indicates the direction of the central fish.
The inhibition measure is obtained by subtracting the reaction time of the pure block of congruent tests (5 fish going in the same direction) from the standard block that includes congruent and incongruent tests (the 4 fish that accompany the central fish can go in the same direction or the opposite).
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Baseline and Post-intervention (after 6 weeks)
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Shifting - Child Fish Flanker Task (Benzing et al., 2018)
Tidsramme: Baseline and Post-intervention (after 6 weeks)
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Change in shifting from baseline to post intervention.
To obtain this measure, a mixed block is included in the fish flanker task in which trials of yellow fish and trials of red fish appear.
When the fish are red, the central fish should be fed.
When the fish are yellow, the fish from the sides should be fed.
For both conditions, congruent and incongruent tests are presented.
The subtraction of the reaction time from the standard block (only congruent and incongruent reds) to the mixed block (reds and yellows) gives rise to the shifting measure.
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Baseline and Post-intervention (after 6 weeks)
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PREDISCAL (Pina-Paredes et al., 2020)
Tidsramme: Baseline and Post-intervention (after 6 weeks)
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Change in academic competences from baseline to post intervention.
Screening test that assesses Reading Fluency, Mathematical Fluency and Calculus in three timed written tasks.
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Baseline and Post-intervention (after 6 weeks)
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Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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ATENTO - Familie (Luque & Sánchez-Sánchez, 2019)
Tidsramme: Baseline og post-intervensjon (etter 6 uker)
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Endring i atferdsutøvende funksjoner fra baseline til post intervensjon
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Baseline og post-intervensjon (etter 6 uker)
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Andre resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Begrunnelse – TONI-4 (Ruíz-Fernández, 2019)
Tidsramme: Grunnlinje
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Det er en resonneringstest hvor serier og matriser presenteres som barnet må gjennomføre med de tilgjengelige alternativene slik at settet gir mening.
Dette tiltaket vil bli brukt som en kontrollvariabel.
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Grunnlinje
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Hollingshead Index (Hollingshead, 1975)
Tidsramme: Grunnlinje
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Sosiodemografiske data (alder, kjønn, skoleår og sosioøkonomisk status)
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Grunnlinje
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Foreldreundersøkelse av typisk barns tid brukt i mindre strukturerte aktiviteter (tilpasset fra Barker et al., 2014)
Tidsramme: Grunnlinje
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I denne undersøkelsen blir foreldre spurt (med hjelp av barna sine) om tiden barna bruker til mindre strukturerte og rekreasjonsaktiviteter ved å bruke en 7-punkts skala (fra laveste til høyeste frekvens).
Høy score på hvert element betyr en høyere frekvens i den aktiviteten.
Summen av alle poengsummene for hvert element (der 1= 'Aldri' og 7 = 'Daglig') resulterer i en typisk mindre strukturert aktivitetspoeng.
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Grunnlinje
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The Parent Play Beliefs Scale (PPBS) (Fogle & Mendez, 2006)
Tidsramme: Baseline and Post-intervention (after 6 weeks)
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It consists of 30 items with 5 response options ranging from 1 (Disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree).
Two subscales have been considered: a) Play support; b) Acedemic focus.
The Play Support subscale refers to parents' positive beliefs about the relevance of play for children's development and about their participation in play with children.
High scores on this subscale indicate that parents enjoy play, prioritize play, and view it as a means of teaching.
The Academic focus subscale is made up of elements about the parents' emphasis on academic skills and the belief that play can promote their development.
The Academic focus subscale is made up of elements about the parents' emphasis on academic skills and the belief that play can promote their development.
High scores on this subscale would indicate that parents see the academic role of play as important.
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Baseline and Post-intervention (after 6 weeks)
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Publikasjoner og nyttige lenker
Den som er ansvarlig for å legge inn informasjon om studien leverer frivillig disse publikasjonene. Disse kan handle om alt relatert til studiet.
Generelle publikasjoner
- Tamnes CK, Ostby Y, Walhovd KB, Westlye LT, Due-Tonnessen P, Fjell AM. Neuroanatomical correlates of executive functions in children and adolescents: a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of cortical thickness. Neuropsychologia. 2010 Jul;48(9):2496-508. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.04.024. Epub 2010 Apr 29.
- Barker JE, Semenov AD, Michaelson L, Provan LS, Snyder HR, Munakata Y. Less-structured time in children's daily lives predicts self-directed executive functioning. Front Psychol. 2014 Jun 17;5:593. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00593. eCollection 2014.
- Benzing V, Schmidt M, Jager K, Egger F, Conzelmann A, Roebers CM. A classroom intervention to improve executive functions in late primary school children: Too 'old' for improvements? Br J Educ Psychol. 2019 Jun;89(2):225-238. doi: 10.1111/bjep.12232. Epub 2018 Jun 26.
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Studer hoveddatoer
Studiestart (Faktiske)
30. september 2021
Primær fullføring (Forventet)
1. april 2022
Studiet fullført (Forventet)
1. april 2022
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først innsendt
22. november 2021
Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
22. november 2021
Først lagt ut (Faktiske)
3. desember 2021
Oppdateringer av studieposter
Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Faktiske)
3. desember 2021
Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
22. november 2021
Sist bekreftet
1. november 2021
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