Intervention program for the improvement of attention abilities in Argentinean school children

We understand attention as an active and constructive mechanism that can be improved with regular practice. The purpose of the present research was to evaluate the efficiency of an intervention program aimed at stimulating attention abilities in Argentinean school children between 7-12 years old pre...

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Autores:
Ison, Mirta Susana
Tipo de recurso:
Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad de San Buenaventura
Repositorio:
Repositorio USB
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.usb.edu.co:10819/6656
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10819/6656
Palabra clave:
Attention abilities
Intervention program
Children
Capacidad atenciona
Programa de intervención
Atención
Niños
Rights
License
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia
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Summary:We understand attention as an active and constructive mechanism that can be improved with regular practice. The purpose of the present research was to evaluate the efficiency of an intervention program aimed at stimulating attention abilities in Argentinean school children between 7-12 years old previously detected as having low attention efficiency, and considering age and sex. We formed two groups: a) under study, with 72 students, and b) control, with 66 students. In the post-intervention stage the results showed a statistically significant increase of attention efficiency in the children involved in the program. These are promising results regarding their application to different cognitive performan ce profiles and the various development contexts.