Distractibility Among Advantaged and Disadvantaged Preschool Children: Effects of Cubicles vs. High Levels of Stimulation on Task Performance.

Somervill, John W.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ176717

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Publication Date: 1978

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Distractibility Among Advantaged and Disadvantaged Preschool Children: Effects of Cubicles vs. High Levels of Stimulation on Task Performance

Somervill, John W.; And Others

Urban Review, 10, 1, 35-44, Spr 78

Compared the task performance of children under high levels of variable auditory and visual distraction, reduced stimulation as achieved by cubicles, and normal environmental conditions where no effort was made to raise or lower the level of external stimulation. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Attention Span, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Environmental Influences, Preschool Education, Psychomotor Skills, Stimulation, Task Performance, Whites

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