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Download full textWeiner, Alan S.; Berzonsky, Michael D. – 1975
Selective attention was assessed in second, fourth, and sixth grade reflective and impulsive children with an incidental learning task using pictures (animal-household object pairs) or shapes (colored forms) as stimuli. By the sixth grade, reflective children displayed less incidental learning and greater central learning than impulsive children…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Span, Children, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedZelniker, Tamar; And Others – Child Development, 1972
Descriptors: Attention Span, Conceptual Tempo, Data Analysis, Eye Fixations
Campbell, Donald S.; And Others – 1983
From a co-operative education class in an urban high school, 16 adolescent males were identified as impulsive and as high-risk based on their performance on the Matching Familiar Figures test and the advice of teachers and counselors. Students participated in 12 to 15 videotaped group problem-solving sessions (20-25 minutes in length) over a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Span, Behavior Modification, Behavior Rating Scales
Direct linkMahone, E. Mark – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2005
The goal of this review of the clinical and research literature is to identify, describe, and critique published methods for assessment of attention and related functions in preschool children (ages 6 and younger). The need for valid assessment of preschool children has grown dramatically in the past two decades following the implementation of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Attention Span, Literature Reviews, Evaluation Methods
