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Download full textFriar, John T. – 1973
Two factors of predicted learning disorders were investigated: (1) inability to maintain appropriate classroom behavior (BEH), (2) perceptual discrimination deficit (PERC). Three groups of first-graders (BEH, PERC, normal control) were administered measures of impulse control, distractability, auditory discrimination, and visual discrimination.…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Span, Auditory Discrimination, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedStrand, Steve C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This study found that teachers' ratings of their 8 severely mentally handicapped pupils' (ages 9-18) classroom behavior were correlated with children's performance on a discrimination learning task. The factors of attention/distractibility and responsivity to consequences correlated significantly with number of errors and number of trials to…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Tempo
