Effects of Instructions on Children's Attention to Stimulus Components.

Hale, Gordon A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ218044

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1978-Sep

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Effects of Instructions on Children's Attention to Stimulus Components.

Hale, Gordon A.; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v14 n5 p499-506 Sep 1978

The development of capacity for attention was assessed by giving children 5, 8, 9, and 12 years of age a component-selection task with instructions to attend to one component or another, or with no specific instructions regarding the stimuli. (CM)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Attention Span, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Instruction, Responses, Task Performance

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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