Improving adolescent executive functions using family-mediated learning experience through games: Evaluation of effective games on a variety of executive functions
Subject Areas :
monireh salehi
1
,
saeideh zahed
2
,
mohsen rezaei
3
,
hosein kareshki
4
*
,
samaneh talim dahandeh
5
1 - Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
2 -
3 - University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran
4 - Department of counseling and educational psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
5 - Department of counseling, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Keywords: executive functions, mediated learning experience, adolescent, game,
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to improve the adolescents' executive functions using family-mediated learning experience through play: Evaluation of effective games on a variety of executive functions. The research was practical in terms of its purpose, and library in terms of data collection method. The statistical population includes valid scientific sources and documents indexed in databases, and sampling was done by purposive manner until data saturation. To evaluation games that affect the executive functions, 10 educational psychologists and experts in related fields were selected by available sampling method. The results of document evaluation and interviews with experts led to the identification of a number of games that can affect executive functions. The agreement coefficient of the judges was high and significant (p<0.001). Finally, the most effective games were selected based on suitability for adolescence and family groups. These results suggest that playing the introduced games in the family group, based on the mediated learning experience, in addition to the positive effect on the adolescent's relationship with his/her parents, can improve his/her executive functions.
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