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Kanerva, Kaisa; Kiistala, Ilkka; Kalakoski, Virpi; Hirvonen, Riikka; Ahonen, Timo; Kiuru, Noona – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019
Cognitive assessment in natural group settings facilitates data collection but poses threats to the validity. In this study, tablet-based working memory (WM) tasks, the counting span, and reading span were used in predicting 12-year-old children's (N = 837) scholastic skills and fluid intelligence in a classroom with environmental noise. WM tasks…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Handheld Devices, Cognitive Measurement, Predictor Variables
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Lallier, Marie; Abu Mallouh, Reem; Mohammed, Ahmed M.; Khalifa, Batoul; Perea, Manuel; Carreiras, Manuel – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2018
It is unclear whether the association between the visual attention (VA) span and reading differs across languages. Here we studied this relationship in Arabic, where the use of specific reading strategies depends on the amount of diacritics on words: reading vowelized and nonvowelized Arabic scripts favor sublexical and lexical strategies,…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Attention Span, Reading Strategies, Semitic Languages
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Sierra, María de los Dolores Valadez; Maldonado, Luis Alexis Aguiñaga; González, José Salvador Morales; Verche, Emilio; del Rosal, África Borges; Cervantes, Celia Josefina Rodríguez – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2018
Introduction: Certain behaviors associated with high intellectual ability, such as inattention and early response, are often confused with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), making correct diagnosis more difficult. The objective of the present study was to analyze the performance of students with high intellectual ability and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention, Conceptual Tempo, Cognitive Ability
Tejada Reyes, Venecia – Online Submission, 2018
The objective of this study is to analyze the Attention Deficit and the Low Performance in the area of English in Children of the Initial Level in the Educational Institution Martina Vizcaino La Raiz, in the Municipality of Maimon, during the first semester of 2018. The instrument was a way to determine their attention deficit and the low…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Low Achievement, Underachievement, Foreign Countries
McMahan, Amy; Maricle, Denise E. – Communique, 2020
Epilepsy represents a common neuropsychological disorder in children, which presents a myriad of cognitive, neuropsychological, social, emotional, behavioral, and learning problems. School psychologists are in a unique position to provide psychoeducation, assessment, intervention, and general supports for students with epilepsy and their families.…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Special Needs Students, School Psychologists, Role
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Su, Yi-Wen; Swank, Jacqueline M. – Professional School Counseling, 2018
The researchers examined the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based attention group with elementary school students struggling with attention problems. The results revealed that students in the intervention group were more likely to improve their on-task behavior and decrease their attention problems during the group compared to students in the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Attention Span, Elementary School Students, Intervention
Baron, Naomi S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
The many advantages of reading digitally also bring with them implications for how we learn differently when we read differently. The author suggests that new contemporary technologies are changing the very notion of what it means to read. Even millennials acknowledge that their attention is more focused when they read print rather than online.…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Reading, Printed Materials, Reading Comprehension
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Ilgar, Sengul Mertol; Karakurt, Cigdem – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The computers used in the field of education as in many other fields are used by children mostly for playing games. The present study has aimed at identifying the general attitude mothers of preschoolers hold regarding the effect of computer game playing on children's development and behaviour. The participants were volunteer mothers (n=749) whose…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Computer Games, Play, Child Development
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Altun, Meryem; Hazar, Muhsin; Hazar, Zekihan – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of brain teasers on attention spans of preschool children of age six. The study was conducted using an experimental design with a control group and pre-test/post-test. The sample of the study is children of age six selected via random appointment among ones who were enrolled in the Merkez…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Pretests Posttests
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Lallier, Marie; Acha, Joana; Carreiras, Manuel – Developmental Science, 2016
This study investigates whether orthographic consistency and transparency of languages have an impact on the development of reading strategies and reading sub-skills (i.e. phonemic awareness and visual attention span) in bilingual children. We evaluated 21 French (opaque)-Basque (transparent) bilingual children and 21 Spanish (transparent)-Basque…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, French, Spanish, Languages
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Ellah, Barnabas O.; Achor, Emmanuel E.; Enemarie, Veronica – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2019
The study sought to determine the relationship between problem-solving skills and measure of working memory and attention span of science students of low ability level. The study adopted correlational survey research design. The population for the study comprised all Secondary School I (SSI) that offered physics, chemistry and biology as school…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Correlation, Attention Span, Short Term Memory
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Saksida, Amanda; Iannuzzi, Stéphanie; Bogliotti, Caroline; Chaix, Yves; Démonet, Jean-François; Bricout, Laure; Billard, Catherine; Nguyen-Morel, Marie-Ange; Le Heuzey, Marie-France; Soares-Boucaud, Isabelle; George, Florence; Ziegler, Johannes C.; Ramus, Franck – Developmental Psychology, 2016
In this study, we concurrently investigated 3 possible causes of dyslexia--a phonological deficit, visual stress, and a reduced visual attention span--in a large population of 164 dyslexic and 118 control French children, aged between 8 and 13 years old. We found that most dyslexic children showed a phonological deficit, either in terms of…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Phonology, Language Skills, Attention Span
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Ku, David Tawei; Cheng, Yu-Mei – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2016
We adopted an experimental design to investigate the effects of various media presentation modes on the reading attention and comprehension of Taiwanese elementary school students. The participants comprised 138 students from 4 classes of third grade elementary school students from New Taipei City, Taiwan. The participants attended 5 short stories…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Attention Span, Reading Comprehension
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de Jager, Thelma – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2017
Research shows that three-dimensional (3D)-animated lessons can contribute to student teachers' effective learning and comprehension, regardless of the learning barriers they experience. Student teachers majoring in the subject Life Sciences in General Subject Didactics viewed 3D images of the heart during lectures. The 3D images employed in the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Learning Problems, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires
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Baran, Mukadder – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2019
The purpose of this research was to identify the barriers that upper-secondary school science and mathematics teachers face during the teaching process in economically disadvantaged regions (Hakkari, Turkey and Swansea, UK). The research design was comparative case research and pursues qualitative methodological approach in collecting and…
Descriptors: Barriers, Urban Areas, Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers
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