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Classroom Behavior of Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis.
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Bender, William N.; Smith, Jeffrey K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
Meta-analysis on 25 studies found that both methodologically strong and weak studies demonstrated significant behavioral deficits of children with learning disabilities in 5 areas: on-task behavior, off-task behavior, conduct disorders, distractibility, and shy/withdrawn behavior. Effect sizes clustered around 1 standard deviation. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Incidence
Cognitive Patterns of Children with Dyslexia: A Comparison between Groups with High and Average Nonverbal Intelligence.
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Das, J. P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Elementary children (n=112) comprising average IQ, high IQ, dyslexic, and normal readers were administered measures of planning, attention-arousal, simultaneous and successive processing, phonemic segmentation, and nonverbal IQ. Cognitive tasks differentiating dyslexic from normal readers were the successive processing tasks and two tasks of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading)
Congruence of Behavioral Symptomatology in Children with ADD/H, ADD/WO, and Learning Disabilities.
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Stanford, Lisa D.; Hynd, George W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This study compared parent and teacher behavioral ratings for 77 children (ages 5-16) diagnosed as having attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADD/H), attention deficit disorder without hyperactivity (ADD/WO), or learning disabilities (LD). ADD/WO and LD children were rated similarly on symptoms of withdrawal and impulsivity but differed…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales
Classroom Behavior and Family Climate in Students with Learning Disabilities and Hyperactive Behavior.
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Margalit, Malka; Almougy, Katrina – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
Questioning of teachers and mothers of 84 Israeli students (ages 7-10) classified as either hyperactive, learning disabled, both, or neither, found higher distractibility and hostility among hyperactive children whose families were also reported as less supportive. Learning-disabled students were characterized by dependent interpersonal relations…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Family Problems
Impaired Visual Attention in Children with Dyslexia.
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Heiervang, Einar; Hugdahl, Kenneth – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
A cue-target visual attention task was administered to 25 children (ages 10-12) with dyslexia. Results showed a general pattern of slower responses in the children with dyslexia compared to controls. Subjects also had longer reaction times in the short and long cue-target interval conditions (covert and overt shift of attention). (Contains…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Computer Assisted Testing
A Comparison of Neuropsychological Test Profiles of Children with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder and/or Learning Disorder.
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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