Board game-based intervention to improve executive functions and academic skills in rural schools: A randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: This research intends to increase the knowledge about the use of board games in the classroom to train executive functions and academic skills. 99 children from rural schools were assessed in executive functions and academic skills.

Methods: Through a randomized controlled trial, they were assigned to a playing group (n = 51) and an active control group (regular classes without games, n = 48).