Studies reported showed retarded children less inattentive and distractible than the literature has suggested, and suggested that increased non-task orientations (glancing) in the presence of an adult might best be interpreted as information seeking rather than evidence of distractibility. (Author/KW)

Interviewed about their child's infancy and early childhood were parents of 327 elementary school children classified as low achieving, poorly adjusted, hyperactive, or control Ss. (CL)

Hyperactive and normal elementary students (N=27) were administered story conditions that differed in presentation rate and information relevance and repetition to determine whether listening problems of hyperactive children could be attributed to delays that encourage impulsive responding. Findings suggested that rate of information presentation…

Elementary school pupils identified as being a year or more behind in reading and/or math achievement and who were observed as spending low percentages of time on task were selected for participation in an intensive engineered resource room program. Groups of approximately 10 Ss participated in each of three eight-week intervention phases. (Author)

This study investigated student academic responding time as a function of time of day for 122 students (grades 2-4) with and without disabilities in 10 urban and suburban schools. Student academic responding time was higher when an academic activity was occurring, an active task was underway, and an individual rather than a group structure was…