RESUMENDesde una perspectiva socioconstructivista y de acuerdo al modelo PASS, la mediación es una estrategia fundamental para el desarrollo de la lectura. Esta investigación indaga sus claves para favorecer la comprensión lectora en aulas de 4º de educación primaria. Se utiliza un estudio de caso múltiple, de tipo evaluativo, en tres contextos escolares diferenciados. Los datos se recogen a través de la observación participante, las entrevistas a las maestras, los grupos de discusión y microrrelatos a los niños. El análisis cualitativo se lleva a cabo desde el momento inicial de registro con el método comparativo constante. Los resultados vertebran la mediación para favorecer la comprensión lectora desde tres macrocategorías: la sensibilidad de los miembros de la comunidad educativa, las dinámicas organizativas marcadas por la colaboración y participación regulada, así como la argumentación basada en el debate y el diálogo para la metacognición explícita. Las relaciones entre las distintas categorías y los diferentes contextos marcan matices de interés en el desarrollo de los procesos de mediación, que resaltan el rol modulador de la cultura docente en el potencial de las claves obtenidas. Los resúmenes de trabajos empíricos deben seguir esta estructura.ABSTRACT From a socioconstructivist perspective and according to the PASS model, mediation is a key strategy for reading development. This research explores how to promote reading comprehension in 4th grade primary education students. A multiple case study design, in an evaluative way, is used in three different school contexts. The data presented were obtained through participant observation, interviews with teachers, groups of discussion, and children’s micro-stories.  The qualitative analysis is carried out with the constant comparative method. The results show that mediation improves reading comprehension from three macro-categories: the sensitivity of the educational community, the organizational dynamics indicated by the collaboration and regulated participation, and the argumentation based on the debate and the dialogue for the explicit metacognition. The relationship between the different categories and contexts show nuances of interest in the development of the mediation processes, which highlight the modulating role of the teaching culture in the potential of the key issues obtained. The relation between different categories and contexts indicate the interest in the mediation process development, as well as highlighting the role of teaching culture in the potential of the obtained keys points.

The PASS intelligence theory (Planning, Attention-Arousal, Simultaneous and Successive) was used together with Feuerstein’s mediation model to develop a system of categories for mediation in educational games. This system was used to analyze and improve the design of interactive games that can enhance mediation in learning, particularly in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). To this end, interactive games designed for a tabletop device were evaluated within an educational context. 27 children (3–14 years old), who had been diagnosed with ADHD, took part. The tabletop has an intuitive system that allows children to interact directly with objects with which they are familiar, providing opportunities for play and communication. These games were evaluated by the participant observation of individual and group playing experiences, interviews, and two focus groups. The results show that mediation recommendations can be useful in the design of the games. They also confirm the need to improve the adaptability of the games to enable children with ADHD to mediate, plan, and focus their attention. With the aid of a facilitator, the mediating function of learning-games can therefore be applied in the development of the executive functions that are key to learning.

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