The article reviews research on classroom behavior of learning disabled elementary school students. Topics covered include students' attention and hyperactivity, teacher-child interactions, teachers' perceptions, and the relationship between classroom behavior and achievement. Directions for future research are suggested, including research on LD…

Forty-three elementary school teachers Q-sorted 50 statements concerning various aspects of hyperkinesis. The factors obtained suggested that, although teachers do not differ from each other in their definitions of the behavioral aspects of this disorder, there are important and consistent differences in their conceptions of the underlying causes…

Reports results from a controlled longitudinal study of 141 Swedish children with syndromes of perceptual, motor, and attentional deficits, giving special reference to generalized hyperkinesis. (MP)

Hyperactivity is defined, and the relationships among minimal brain dysfunction, cerebral stimulants, and student characteristics such as activity level, attention and learning, and behavior are discussed. Hyperactive children's responses to the use of Ritalin and methylphenidate are reported. (CJ)

Examines the literature concerning the use of drugs to treat hyperactive children, the effects of these drugs upon the children's performance in the classroom, and the role of the teacher in drug treatment. IFL)

Abikoff, Gittelman-Klein, and Klein validated a behavioral observation system for use with hyperactive children. Authors selected a used coding system, trained observers to monitor classroom behavior of hyperactive children, and evaluated reliability, stability, and criterion-related validity of the system. Methodology was reviewed. Suggestions…

Reports that an investigation into the relationship between reading difficulty and maladjustment indicated that a significantly greater number of poor readers than normal readers were antisocial. Notes that the higher incidence of maladjustment was found in those poor readers with perceptual motor problems. (FL)

The clinical syndrome which relates most frequently to the reading-disabled child is the attention deficity disorder. The child psychiatrist will generally resort to medication only when behavioral management techniques have failed. The two most frequently used medications are Ritalin and Dexedrine, central nervous system stimulants. (JN)

Medical records of 88 five- to twelve-year-old boys (44 with central language problems and a diagnosed hyperactive behavior syndrome) were reviewed. The best predictor of membership in the group with language problems and diagnosed hyperactivity was family alcohol problems. (Author)

The object of the study was to investigate the effect of differences in format on the precision of teacher ratings and thus on the reliability and validity of two teacher rating scales of children's hyperactive behavior. Attributes assessed were motor restlssness, inattentiveness, impulsivity, and aggressiveness/emotional stability. (Author/DB)

Twenty hyperactive children (ages 6-16) were administered dichotic digits tasks requiring free report and selective listening under stimulant medication (methylphenidate). Results demonstrated that stimulants may act to maintain selective attention and to inhibit channel switching. Right-ear superiority was influenced by task variables but not by…

An epidemiological survey was designed to investigate the possible causal influence of biological and psychological factors on hyperactivity and conduct disturbance among 226 primary school boys. (Author/DB)

Two psychoeducational procedures were investigated for their effects on impulsivity in 120 hyperactive children in two groups: those receiving stimulant drug therapy and those not receiving stimulant drug therapy. Results indicated that the use of psychoeducational treatment approaches are of value in altering the impulsive responses of…

High correlations were found suggesting excellent predictability between scales and considerable stability across time and rater. (Author/SBH)