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Locher, Paul J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
Significant improvements in scanning and processing times, attention deployment strategies, and response accuracy on haptic and visual discrimination tasks coupled with increases in reflectivity demonstrate the effectiveness, durability, and generalizability of haptic training with 12 communications disordered/neurologically impaired elementary…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
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Richards, Gail P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
Sustained and selective attention among 30 fourth- through sixth-graders with learning disabilities (LD) and 20 controls was compared. Results indicated that LD students are less able to narrow their attention and also have slower information-processing skills, despite similar ability between groups for sustaining attention and inhibiting…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Span, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
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Korkman, Marit; Pesonen, Aino-Elina – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Comparison of eight-year-old children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (n=21), learning disorder (LD) (n=12), or both (n=27) on neuropsychological measures found that ADHD children were impaired in control and inhibition of impulses; children with LD in phonological awareness, verbal memory span, storytelling, and verbal IQ;…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis