Selective attention in children with reading problems: A developmental study of incidental learning Article

Pelham, WE, Ross, AO. (1977). Selective attention in children with reading problems: A developmental study of incidental learning . JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, 5(1), 1-8. 10.1007/BF00915755

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  • Pelham, WE; Ross, AO

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abstract

  • The performance of poor readers and control children at three grade levels, first, third, and fifth grades, was compared on an incidental learning task adapted by Hagen (1967). A significant group by task interaction in a repeated measures ANOVA indicated that reading ability was differentially related to performance on the tasks. Relative to control children at all grade levels, poor readers obtained lower scores on the central task and higher scores on the incidental task. The absence of a grade × task × reading ability interaction indicated that selective attention follows the same developmental course in poor readers as in control children. The data suggest that the development of selective attention as reflected in performance on this task is delayed from 2 to 4 years in poor readers. © 1977 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

publication date

  • March 1, 1977

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  • 1

end page

  • 8

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  • 5

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  • 1