Trabajar las funciones ejecutivas a través de un software lúdico en educación infantil

Jes´ús C. Guillén; Anna Forés Miravalles; Gabriel O. Paz; Andrea P. Goldin

doi:10.6018/reifop.614191

Authors

Jes´ús C. Guillén
Anna Forés Miravalles Universidad de Barcelona
Gabriel O. Paz
Andrea P. Goldin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/reifop.614191

Keywords: Funciones ejecutivas, Entrenamiento cognitivo, Mate Marote, Aprendizaje

Abstract

The research analyzed the impact of Mate Marote, a recreational software specially designed to stimulate Executive Functions, on different cognitive skills in the early childhood education stage. A quantitative experimental design was conducted in which 83 students aged 4 years old, on average, from three public schools in Spain participated. Students in the control group attended one of the schools (n=39), while students from the other two schools (n=44) were randomly assigned to one of two existing experimental groups (CI and S). While the members of the CI group played video games that mainly allowed them to exercise inhibitory control, those of the S group played video games designed to also stimulate working memory and cognitive flexibility. The intervention lasted 7 weeks. Participants played two or three times a week for 15 minutes at most each time. The results revealed improvements in basic executive functions in the two experimental groups, compared to the control group. The specific training of the S group had a greater impact on attention and inhibitory control than that of the CI group.

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Author Biography

Anna Forés Miravalles, Universidad de Barcelona

Doctora en Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación

Directora de la Cátedra de Neuroeducación UB-EDU1st

Profesora de la UB, anteriormente de la URL. Ha ejercido cargos de dirección y gestión académica. Vicedecana de Doctorado.

Su dedicación se centra en todo lo que tenga que ver con la educación y la humanización, en seguir creyendo en el género humano y en mejorar la educación. Por ello, resiliencia, neuroeducación y compromiso por la educación son elementos clave.

Es miembro del grupo de investigación GR-EMA (entornos y materiales para el aprendizaje) del IDP-ICE de la UB, y del grupo de Innovación INDAGA’T (Grupo de Innovación Docente para favorecer la Indagación). Inscrita al IDP-ICE sección universidad para tema de publicaciones y buenas prácticas docentes.

Apasionada por la educación y por cómo aprendemos, es autora de artículos y más de 16 libros sobre temática educativa como Pedagogías emergentes: 14 preguntas para el debate (Educación Universitaria). Neuromitos en educación. El aprendizaje desde la neurociencia (Plataforma Editorial). Los patitos feos y los cisnes negros. Resiliencia y Neurociencia (Plataforma Editorial), entre otros.

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