Now, pay attention! the effects of instruction on children's attention

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-532

  Kannass, Kathleen N ^a   Colombo, John ^b   Wyss, Nancy ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CODING; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78149385091     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2010.516418     Document Type: Article

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