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Peer reviewedNagle, Richard J.; Thwaite, Ben C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1979
Compared the performance of learning disabled and normal-achieving third- and fourth-grade children on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test to determine group differences along the impulsivity-reflection dimension. Overall results suggest that learning disabled children are not more impulsive but rather use poor strategic behavior in processing…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedGoldman, Amy P.; Everett, Frances – Child Study Journal, 1985
Investigated time conceptualizations and delay of gratification capacities of 64 6- to 10-year-olds identified as impulsive or reflective according to performance on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test. They were administered a maintenance of delay of gratification task, a time concept questionnaire, and several measures of temporal perspective…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Processes
PDF pending restorationSchwab, Lynne – 1973
This study investigated the effects of instruction in reflective thinking upon impulsive fourth grade students and the transfer effects of this instruction on a classroom social studies test. Thirty impulsive subjects from a white, low socio-economic area school were identified. Treatment and impulsivity were examined as they influenced…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Analysis of Variance, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Research
