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Zentall, Sydney S.; Grskovic, Janice A.; Javorsky, James; Hall, Arlene M. – Diagnostique, 2000
A study involving 25 students (grades 3-5) with and without attentional deficits assessed generality to a standardized reading test when noninformational color was added to one of two alternate forms. Students with attentional deficits read as accurately as their classmates with color added and read worse in the black-white condition. (Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attention Deficit Disorders, Color, Contrast
Peer reviewedSinclair, Robert C.; Soldat, Alexander S.; Mark, Melvin M. – Teaching of Psychology, 1998
Argues that external cues provide affective information that influence processing strategy and, therefore, examination performance. Notes the differences in performance for two midterm examinations, identical, except that they were printed on blue and red paper. Discusses a method for appropriately adjusting scores to control for form effects.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Color, Cues, Dimensional Preference
