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Peer reviewedMcLeskey, James – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
The influence of verbal and written labels on selective attention to visual materials was examined with retarded children. Under treatment conditions, retarded and normal children located an object more quickly, looked at it longer, and recognized more objects on a recognition-memory task. These results may be applied to materials development.…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Attention Control, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
