MemoMarote: a working memory training game

LOPEZ-ROSENFELD, MATÍAS; GOLDIN, ANDREA PAULA; LIPINA, SEBASTIÁN J; SIGMAN, MARIANO; FERNÁNDEZ SLEZAK, DIEGO

Córdoba

Congreso; 42 JAIIO, Jornadas Argentinas de Informática; 2013

SADIO, Sociedad Argentina de Informática

Mate Marote is a flexible framework for large-scale educa-tional interventions that include games developed, based on aspects fromcognitive sciences as an effective way of learning. MemoMarote is a com-puter game designed for training working memory. The pilot study ofthis platform was an intervention in La Rioja province (Argentina). Inthis article we analyze the registered statistics of use of the unsuper-vised version of the game. We found that playing activity had a peakwhen recently installed, decreasing during the first year and observingan increase when starting school classes in 2013. Analyzing the usagestatistics we observed that players have a poor performance, with moreincorrect answers than correct ones. These results suggest that childrendid not read instructions or they were not understood, and so they playedthe game incorrectly. We plan the creation of an interactive tutorial toincrease the understanding of the game.