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Direct linkFlewitt, Rosie; Messer, David; Kucirkova, Natalia – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2015
In this paper, we discuss how iPads offer innovative opportunities for early literacy learning but also present challenges for teachers and children. We lent iPads to a Children's Centre nursery (3- to 4-year-olds), a primary school reception class (4- to 5-year-olds) and a Special School (7- to 13-year-olds), discussed their potential uses with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
Berninger, Virginia; Abbott, Robert; Cook, Clayton R.; Nagy, William – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Relationships between attention/executive functions and language learning were investigated in students in Grades 4 to 9 (N = 88) with and without specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in multiword syntax in oral and written language (OWL LD), word reading and spelling (dyslexia), and subword letter writing (dysgraphia). Prior…
Descriptors: Correlation, Attention Control, Executive Function, Multiple Regression Analysis
Fernandez, Thalia; Harmony, Thalia; Mendoza, Omar; Lopez-Alanis, Paula; Marroquin, Jose Luis; Otero, Gloria; Ricardo-Garcell, Josefina – Brain and Cognition, 2012
Learning disabilities (LD) are one of the most frequent problems for elementary school-aged children. In this paper, event-related EEG oscillations to semantically related and unrelated pairs of words were studied in a group of 18 children with LD not otherwise specified (LD-NOS) and in 16 children with normal academic achievement. We propose that…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Learning Disabilities, Short Term Memory, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Williamson, Troy W.; Cochran, Samuel W. – 1985
This study proposed that performing a low-demand secondary task would improve a subject's control of attentional processes on a primary task of importance. Subjects were 60 public elementary school students 9, 10, or 11 years of age. Of these, 30 had been identified as learning disabled and 30 had been identified as non-learning-disabled. Each…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedSwanson, Lee – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1979
Descriptors: Attention Control, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Mattison, Richard E.; Hooper, Stephen R.; Carlson, Gabrielle A. – Behavioral Disorders, 2006
Special education, elementary school students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) were investigated for neuropsychological deficits with the NEPSY battery. Over half (54%) scored two or more standard deviations below the test mean on at least one of the four functional domains, especially Language and Attention/Executive Functions. The NEPSY…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Special Education, Risk, Behavior Disorders
Johnson, Donna M.; Shove, Georganne – Minnesota Reading Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary School Students
Download full textZafiropoulou, Maria; Karmba-Schina, Chryssoula – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2005
This study presents a psycho-educational intervention using cognitive-behavioral techniques to modify and improve thinking strategies as well as facilitate behavioral adjustment and generalization of strategy use in children with learning disabilities attending mainstream schools. One hundred and twenty Greek pupils in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade were…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Attention Control, Foreign Countries
