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Peer reviewedBrown, Ronald T. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1982
Multivariate analyses, followed by univariate tests, indicated that the normal children increased in sustained attention efficiency with age to both visual and auditory stimuli. Hyperactive children (9-14 years old) increased in sustained attention efficiency with age to auditory but not visual stimuli. (Author)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Aural Learning, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMcIntyre, Curtis W.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
To test the suggestion that a deficit in selective attention is characteristic of learning disabled (LD) but not hyperactive (H) children, 72 students (12 LDH, 12 H, and 36 normal Ss) were timed on visual search tasks. (Author)
Descriptors: Attention, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Hyperactivity
Peer reviewedLerer, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
Fifty hyperactive and learning disabled children (8 to 12 years old) were selected for study because of severe handwriting difficulties. The children received methylphenidate (Ritalin) or placebo under double blind conditions. Twenty-six students (52 percent) showed improvement in overall handwriting following the administration of methylphenidate…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Handwriting
