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Peer reviewedSwift, Marshall S.; Spivack, George – Journal of Special Education, 1974
Descriptors: Aggression, Anxiety, Attention Span, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedHarris, Larry P. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1976
Reviewed is research on the role of attentional dificits in the inferior school-related performances of mild-to-moderate learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, or mentally retarded children. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Span, Definitions, Drug Therapy
Peer reviewedZeaman, David – Intelligence, 1978
General intelligence may set structural feature limitations on three aspects of selective attention: direction, adjustability, and breadth. Data, theory, and methods bearing on this hypothesis were reviewed from the domain of visual discrimination learning. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Control, Attention Span, Discrimination Learning
Evans, James R.; Smith, Linda J. – Academic Therapy, 1977
Children's behavior characteristics as reported by parents of 60 clients (6 to 13 years old) evaluated for specific learning disabilities were examined. (SBH)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education, Emotional Problems
Peer reviewedAnderson, Daniel R.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Decribes age trends in television viewing time and visual attention of children and adults videotaped in their homes for 10-day periods. Shows that the increase in visual attention to television during the preschool years is consistent with the theory that television program comprehensibility is a major determinant of attention in young children.…
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Adults, Age Differences, Attention Span
Peer revieweddeHaas, Patricia A. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1986
Attention styles and peer relationships of hyperactive (N=23) and normal (N=68) boys and girls in grades 3-5 were compared using behavioral, cognitive, and sociometric measures. Among reported results was that hyperactive girls displayed more conduct problems than normal girls, but less than hyperactive boys. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Style
Peer reviewedDas, J. P. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Attention Span, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedKahler, Sister Edith – Reading Horizons, 1971
Descriptors: Attention Span, Auditory Discrimination, Beginning Reading, Individualized Programs
Adams, Ruth R.; Litwin, Zelda – Elem Engl, 1970
A report of an on-going experimental program utilizing "talking typewriters and teacher aides in a government-funded center to supplement reading instruction. (RD)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Concept Formation, Developmental Programs, Elementary School Students
Schoenfeld, Lawrence S. – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Attention Span, Auditory Stimuli, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Wohl, Maud T. – Brit J Disor Commun, 1970
Indicates that a behavioral approach, utilizing an electronic metronome in speech and motor activities, is highly effective in reducing the occurrence of stammering in children and adults. Bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attention Span, Behavior Change, Clinical Diagnosis
Fisher, Lawrence – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1970
Paper is based on the author's doctoral dissertation. (JM)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Cognitive Ability, Downs Syndrome, Drafting
Peer reviewedUnderwood, Geoffrey; And Others – Journal of Research in Reading, 1982
Concludes that skilled adult readers may use the meanings of words ahead of fixation to enrich their interpretation of a text or use those words more simply as markers to guide further eye movements to the location of the next useful fixation. (FL)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Cognitive Processes, Eye Fixations, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTolor, Belle; Tolor, Alexander – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Kindergarten children (N=39) were designated as either impulsive or reflective. Impulsive children were given discrimination training in three sessions over a three-week period. Results on retesting indicated improvement in accuracy and increased delay in response time as a result of training in the impulsive group. (Author)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Comparative Analysis, Conceptual Tempo, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedCollins, W. Andrew – Journal of Broadcasting, 1981
Reviews findings of recent television research and discusses two dominant issues: the nature and determinants of children's attention to television, and the amount and kind of content retained by different age groups. It is recommended that research on media effects incorporate age-related and individual difference factors. Nineteen references are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Span, Broadcast Television, Children
