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Play a game that teaches planning

Play a serious game whose missions teach time estimation, planning and organising.

TopicEvidencePotential benefit
Time management
Motivation
  • Time management
    Evidence Potential benefit

    It's too early to say whether playing a game that teaches planning and time estimates helps with managing your time.

    • One well-controlled study, together with other tools.
    • One star off: only no-treatment comparisons with self-reported outcomes.

    Benefit size from An online planning game helped children with ADHD manage time, said parents and teachers, against children who kept their usual treatment.

    For people with ADHD
    Evidence Potential benefit

    For people with ADHD, it's too early to say whether playing a game that teaches planning and time estimates helps with managing your time.

    • One well-controlled study, together with other tools.
    • One star off: only no-treatment comparisons with self-reported outcomes.

    Benefit size from An online planning game helped children with ADHD manage time, said parents and teachers, against children who kept their usual treatment.

    Not diagnosis or treatment advice; talk to a clinician.

  • Motivation
    Evidence Potential benefit

    It's too early to say whether playing a game that teaches planning and time estimates helps with motivation.

    • One well-controlled study, together with other tools.
    • One star off: only no-treatment comparisons with self-reported outcomes.

    Benefit size from An online planning game helped children with ADHD manage time, said parents and teachers, against children who kept their usual treatment.

    For people with ADHD
    Evidence Potential benefit

    For people with ADHD, it's too early to say whether playing a game that teaches planning and time estimates helps with motivation.

    • One well-controlled study, together with other tools.
    • One star off: only no-treatment comparisons with self-reported outcomes.

    Benefit size from An online planning game helped children with ADHD manage time, said parents and teachers, against children who kept their usual treatment.

    Not diagnosis or treatment advice; talk to a clinician.

What 2 studies found

  1. HelpedTested
    After eight play sessions, children with dyslexia judged time better than children who got nothing.

    Paper

  2. HelpedTested
    The same play sessions also helped children plan better on a puzzle test than the children who got nothing.

    Paper

  3. HelpedTested
    Children with ADHD who played a planning game at home for ten weeks managed time better, said parents and teachers.

    Paper

  4. No differenceTested
    Parents and teachers saw no clear gain in planning and getting organised from the same game.

    Paper

  5. No differenceTested
    Children's own sense that they managed time well did not rise more after the game.

    Paper

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