Operating performance of children with symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity in electronic games based on Piagetian tasks

• Autor(a) principal: ROSSETTI, Claudia Broetto
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: SOUZA, Maria Thereza Costa Coelho de, RÖHRIG, Fabíola, GUIMARÃES, Queila Cássia Corrêa, PYLRO, Simone Chabudee, BAHIENSE, Taisa Rodrigues Smarssaro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/8454
• topic: Childhood development; Video games; Piagetian tasks; Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity; Desenvolvimento infantil; Jogos de vídeos; Tarefas Piagetiana; Transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade

An operative evaluation was conducted in the virtual context of 16 children between seven and 10 years with inattention and hyperactivity symptoms by means of the electronic games “Trash Zone 3” and “Protocols”, constructed from classic Piagetian tasks. Educators of a public school were asked to indicate children with signs of attention difficulties and/or hyperactivity. The teachers of these children responded to the Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Scale and only the children who obtained the highest scores in this scale were included as participants in this study. Almost all participants made it to the final in the two games. This was more difficult in the “Protocols” game, which evaluates the combinational logic and, in general, requires more patience and concentration from participants. Thus, the electronic games of rules “Protocols” and “Trash Zone 3” were good instruments for the assessment of operative notions of combinational logic and spatial reasoning in children who exhibit signs of Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity