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Andrew E. Koepp; Elizabeth T. Gershoff – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Teachers frequently rate boys as more hyperactive/impulsive than girls and Black children more than White children (DuPaul et al., 2016; Miller et al., 2009). Do these ratings reflect true differences in their behavior? Researchers have compared parent and teacher reports (Miller et al., 2009), but is hard to draw conclusions from such comparisons…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Hyperactivity, Conceptual Tempo
Becker, Stephen P.; Burns, G. Leonard; Schmitt, Aidan P.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Tamm, Leanne – Grantee Submission, 2017
Despite increasing interest in sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) in children, the field is stymied by the lack of a standard symptom set that can be used across studies. Without a standard symptom set, it is difficult to determine if differences across studies are due to methodological or sample differences, or simply the way SCT was measured. To…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Yang, Pei-Jung; Lamb, Michael E. – Applied Developmental Science, 2014
The present study examined child and school factors that might foster classroom behavioral engagement during the first year at school in a sample of 67 typically developing British 4-year-olds. The children were followed for 9 months from the summer before enrollment through the first 7 months of school. Our findings showed that effortful control…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Influences, Classroom Environment, Child Behavior
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Ehm, Jan-Henning; Kerner auch Koerner, Julia; Gawrilow, Caterina; Hasselhorn, Marcus; Schmiedek, Florian – Developmental Psychology, 2016
The present longitudinal study aimed to investigate the influence of ADHD symptoms on reading development in elementary schoolchildren. To this end, repeated assessments of ADHD symptoms (teacher ratings of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity) and reading achievement (standardized tests of decoding speed and text comprehension) were…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary School Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Individual Differences
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Harrison, Judith R.; Vannest, Kimberly J.; Reynolds, Cecil R. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2011
Objective: The objectives of this study were to evaluate whether behaviors that differentiate children and adolescents with ADHD from those without are related to the primary diagnostic criteria (i.e., inattention and impulsivity--hyperactivity), symptoms of comorbid conditions, functional impairment, or a combination, and to determine whether…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Conceptual Tempo, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents
Romano, Elisa; Baillargeon, Raymond H.; Tremblay, Richard E. – Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
Hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention are among the most common behaviour problems in children. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hyperactivity-impulsivity and inattention in the Canadian population of 2-11-year-old girls and boys, using data from the first National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY)…
Descriptors: Incidence, Probability, Public Policy, Health Services