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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

Nagle, Richard J.; Thwaite, Ben C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
Thirty learning disabled third- and fourth-graders classified as impulsive on J. Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test were assigned to one of three training conditions in which they viewed a model who responded in either a reflective or impulsive cognitive tempo on a matching-to-sample task or a control model. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research

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