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Download full textSiekierski, Becky M.; Jarratt, Kelly P.; Rosenthal, Eve N.; Riccio, Cynthia A. – 2003
The Freedom from Distractability Index (FFD) on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children- Third Edition (WISC-III) is an index score comprised of the sum of the scores on the Arithmetic and Digit Span subsets. Although the FFD is often interpreted as a measure of attention and concentration, there are a number of other possible explanations…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attention, Attention Deficit Disorders, Children
Peer reviewedCataldo, Maria Giulia; Oakhill, Jane – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
Investigates the relation between comprehension skill and the ability to locate information. Results reveal that good comprehenders were more efficient than poor comprehenders when they were required to locate specific pieces of information in a text. Findings suggest that good comprehenders' superior search strategy may arise because of their…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Perry, Fred L., Jr. – 1977
An overview of theory and research in memory as it relates to developmental differences is offered in this paper, which is intended to provide background information for the staff of the Skills Essential to Learning Television Project (a multi-level series of video and print resources for classroom use). A model for viewing information processing…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Intellectual Development, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes
