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Cognitive Event-Related Potentials in Attention Deficit Disorder.
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Klorman, Rafael – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
This paper selectively reviews research on event-related potentials (ERPs) during cognitive processing among children with attention deficit disorder. Research indicates that performance deficits during sustained attention are coupled with reduced amplitude of the P3B component of the ERP, which may be increased with stimulants. P3B latency and…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Processes, Drug Therapy
Effects of Methylphenidate on the Auditory Processing Abilities of Children with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder.
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Keith, Robert W.; Engineer, Parika – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
Twenty subjects (ages 7-13) with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were administered a battery of tests (including the Auditory Continuous Performance Test and the Token Test for Children) twice, first when not taking and then when taking methylphenidate. Results indicated significant improvement in performance on all measures when subjects…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Deficit Disorders, Auditory Stimuli, Drug Therapy
Supervision of Employees with Moderate Special Needs.
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Reisman, Elaine S.; Reisman, Joel I. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
Questionnaire responses from 65 supervisors in human service agencies and interviews with 27 employers, supervisors, and vocational program administrators indicated that employees with moderate special needs (in this case specific learning disabilities and low intelligence) surpass others in several positive work habits. Supervisors valued…
Descriptors: Agencies, Employer Attitudes, Intelligence, Interviews
The Relationship between Anxiety and Problem-Solving Skills in Children with and without Learning Disabilities.
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Fisher, Barbara L.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
Comparison of the effects of pretest anxiety on the social and nonsocial problem solving of 45 boys (ages 9 to 11) with learning disabilities (LD) and 45 nondisabled boys found the LD group reported significantly higher pretest anxiety which escalated over the course of the problem-solving session. However, boys with or without LD were equally…
Descriptors: Achievement, Affective Behavior, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
Use of IQ Criteria for Evaluating the Uniqueness of the Learning Disability Profile.
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Humphries, Ton; Bone, Janet – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
Comparisons of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised scores, for 24 children with learning disabilities demonstrating a low verbal, high performance intelligence quotient (IQ) discrepancy and 33 slow learning children having uniformly low verbal and performance IQs, revealed few cognitive differences beyond the Performance Scale…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis
Feedback Effects on Oral Reading Errors of Children with Learning Disabilities.
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Perkins, Victoria L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
Elementary learning-disabled boys (N=48) were randomly assigned to four feedback treatment conditions that involved orally reading nonsense words. Results demonstrated significant differences for: any type of feedback compared to no feedback, corrective feedback (modeling and sound-it-out) compared to general feedback, and modeling compared to…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Educational Therapy, Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language)