Abstract
The paper describes an intervention that aimed to investigate whether the game with explicit rules influences the development of higher psychological functions (FPS) and the academic performance of students with school failure history in elementary school. The intervention anchored in the historical-cultural psychology. The students were two boys and a girl from the 3rd and 4th year aged 9 and 11 years. The intervention was through memory games, face to face and checkers. The tools used to evaluate the effects of the intervention were semi-structured interviews with family, teachers and students, school report, observation and evaluation of assisted WISC III and TDE tests to the students. Data analyzes were guided by microgenetic and thematic terms. The results indicate that the learning that took place in the interventions, promoted the development of FPS reflecting the academic performance of students.
Keywords:
games; school failure; historical-cultural psychology