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ERIC Number: EJ393698
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Attentional Cuing in Spelling Tasks for Hyperactive and Comparison Regular Classroom Children.
Zentall, Sydney S.
Journal of Special Education, v23 n1 p83-93 Spr 1989
The performance of 20 hyperactive and 26 comparison elementary-school boys on a spelling recognition task found that color facilitates attention to detail. Hyperactive children who practiced the task with all black letters first and color added later out-performed comparison children. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Color, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Hyperactivity, Performance Factors, Spelling, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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