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Bridging the Gap between the Lab and the Classroom: An Online Citizen Scientific Research Project with Teachers Aiming at Improving Inhibitory Control of School‐Age Children
Author(s) -
Letang Marie,
Citron Pascaline,
GarbargChe Julien,
Houdé Olivier,
Borst Grégoire
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mind, brain, and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.624
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1751-228X
pISSN - 1751-2271
DOI - 10.1111/mbe.12272
Subject(s) - bridging (networking) , bridge (graph theory) , scientific literacy , context (archaeology) , control (management) , psychology , mathematics education , literacy , pedagogy , medical education , computer science , science education , medicine , artificial intelligence , computer network , paleontology , biology
Online citizen science allows us to bridge the gap between researchers and nonresearchers and to improve the scientific literacy of nonresearchers. The aims of the present study were (a) to determine whether a 5‐week randomized control trial conducted by teachers in their classroom could improve 7‐ to 12‐year‐old children's inhibitory control (IC) and (b) to provide proof of concept that online scientific research projects can provide meaningful results in the context of education. As expected, children in the IC training group improved their IC efficiency to a greater extent than children in the control training group. We provide the first evidence that such online scientific research projects can be effective in improving children's IC abilities and bridge the gap between the lab and the classroom.