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Promoting Attention In The Classroom Using The Play, Learn, And Enjoy Curriculum, Virginia Gallup Larsen Aug 2020

Promoting Attention In The Classroom Using The Play, Learn, And Enjoy Curriculum, Virginia Gallup Larsen

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This study examined the effects of the Play, Learn, and Enjoy curriculum on on-task behavior among a sample of second-grade students identified as displaying attention regulation difficulties. The Play, Learn, and Enjoy curriculum trains children a broad range of self-regulation skills through game-based activities. The curriculum bridges neurocognitive perspective on self-regulation with the Vygotskian socio-cultural framework. Six children participated in the study. An A-B-A1 concurrent baseline across participants single-case design was utilized. Pre- and post-intervention direct measures of attention and inhibition control were also employed for each participant using selected tests from the NEPSY-II. Results showed declines in off-task …