Serious Games and Their Effect Improving Attention in Students with Learning Disabilities

Previous studies have shown the positive effects of educational video games (serious games) in improving motivation, attention and other cognitive components in students with learning disabilities. This study analyzes the effects on attention of a serious game based on multiple intelligences in a sa...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2019-07, Vol.16 (14), p.2480
Main Authors: García-Redondo, Patricia, García, Trinidad, Areces, Débora, Núñez, José Carlos, Rodríguez, Celestino
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Attention
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Autism
Child
Computer & video games
Educational software
Exceptional children
Female
Humans
Instructional design
Intelligence
Intervention
Learning
Learning Disabilities
Male
Motivation
Motor skill learning
Pedagogy
Problem solving
Skills
Smartphones
Social skills
Students
Students - psychology
Teaching
Theory
Video Games - psychology
Young Adult
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Summary:Previous studies have shown the positive effects of educational video games (serious games) in improving motivation, attention and other cognitive components in students with learning disabilities. This study analyzes the effects on attention of a serious game based on multiple intelligences in a sample of 44 students (age range = 6-16 years; experimental group = 24; control group = 20) with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and specific learning disorder (SLD). Performance and observation measures of attention were used. The intervention consisted of 28 sessions (10 min each), in which the participants trained with 10 games based on multiple intelligences. A significant improvement in attention performance measures (visual attention) was found after the intervention, with the experimental and the control groups significantly differing in the posttest. These results invite consideration of the applicability of boosting different intelligences, talents or unique abilities through educational videogames as an important bridge to improving areas of deficit-in this case attention-in students with learning disabilities.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph16142480