NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Descriptor
Discrimination Learning2
Learning Processes2
Tactual Perception2
Analysis of Variance1
Attention1
Child Psychology1
Children1
Cognitive Development1
Control Groups1
Exceptional Child Research1
Probability1
Tables (Data)1
More ▼
Source
Journal of Experimental Child…1
Author
Hunt, Dennis2
Fitzgerald, Donald1
Publication Type
Reports - Research1
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Selective Attention in Fast and Slow Learners During Discrimination Learning in the Haptic Modality. Information and Research Report.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Hunt, Dennis; And Others – 1974
Sixty-four 8-year-old children were divided into fast and slow learner groups and trained on a tactile simultaneous discrimination task. Selective attention was measured in terms of percentage contact time per trial to the relevant dimension. Inter- and intracouplings per trial were also recorded. A multivariate analysis was carried out to examine…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
Selective Attentional Responses and Overtraining in a Discrimination Shift Paradigm
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Hunt, Dennis; Fitzgerald, Donald – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1973
The present study operationally defines selective attention in terms of tactile observing responses measured by percentage contact time per trial to the relevant stimulus dimension, and investigates the changes of these responses in a discrimination shift paradigm under the effect of overlearning. (Author)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attention, Child Psychology, Control Groups