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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
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
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)