The Effectiveness of Games based on Neurocognitive Executive Actions on the Skill of Understanding Time and Working Memory of Children with Reading Disorders

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Atousa Masoudi ¹ , Fatemeh Noora Ashrafi ² , Tahmineh Hoseyni ³ , Hamideh Majidinia ⁴

1 - M.A Student, Department of Psychology, Shahr-e Kord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahr-e Kord, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, Non-profit institution of higher education Hasht Behesht, Isfahan, Iran
3 - M.A, Department of Counseling and Guidance, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
4 - Department of Psychology, Gachsaran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gachsaran, Iran

Received: 2023-05-07 Accepted : 2023-11-08 Published : 2023-11-22

Keywords: working memory, game, reading disorder, time perception, neurological executive actions,

Abstract :

  The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of games based on cognitive executive actions on time perception skills and working memory of children with reading disorders. This research was conducted with a semi-experimental method and with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the present study included all children with reading disorders in learning disorder centers in Tehran in the academic year of 1401. The sampling method in this research was available and with this method, 30 children with reading disorders who had a higher cut-off in the reading disorder test were selected and divided into two equal groups (15 people) and control (15 people) were randomly assigned. The research tools included the reading disorder diagnosis screening test (Shafiei et al., 2017), the computerized time reproduction test, and the Cornoldian working memory test (CWMT). The findings were analyzed using covariance analysis and the results showed the games based on neurological executive actions improved the time perception skills and working memory of the experimental group.