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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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f3199963c7844ae2a63a2be9f00a2fa32021-11-25T02:23:30ZIntervention program for the improvement of attention abilities in Argentinean school children10.21500/20112084.7832011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/f3199963c7844ae2a63a2be9f00a2fa32011-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/783https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922We 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 performance profiles and the various development contexts.Mirta Susana IsonUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleAttention abilitiesintervention programchildren.PsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 4, Iss 2 (2011)
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language EN
ES
topic Attention abilities
intervention program
children.
Psychology
BF1-990
spellingShingle Attention abilities
intervention program
children.
Psychology
BF1-990
Mirta Susana Ison
Intervention program for the improvement of attention abilities in Argentinean school children
description 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 performance profiles and the various development contexts.
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author Mirta Susana Ison
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title Intervention program for the improvement of attention abilities in Argentinean school children
title_short Intervention program for the improvement of attention abilities in Argentinean school children
title_full Intervention program for the improvement of attention abilities in Argentinean school children
title_fullStr Intervention program for the improvement of attention abilities in Argentinean school children
title_full_unstemmed Intervention program for the improvement of attention abilities in Argentinean school children
title_sort intervention program for the improvement of attention abilities in argentinean school children
publisher Universidad de San Buenaventura
publishDate 2011
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