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Are Learning Disabled Children More Impulsive? A Comparison of Learning Disabled and Normal-Achieving Children on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test.

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Nagle, 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

Teacher Perceptions of the Classroom Behavior of Reflective and Impulsive Children

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McKinney, James D. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975

Four second-grade teachers completed the Classroom Behavior Inventory for every student in their class (N=101). Subjects were classified as either reflective (N=32) or impulsive (N=32) by using the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF). (Author)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Classroom Research, Elementary Education