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Problems in Attention: Clearing Up the Terminology

Problems in Attention: Clearing Up the Terminology in Attention: Problems Clearing Up the Terminology Miriam Sper Magdol A SIGNIFICANT ASPECT of the behavior of mosi In children is their failure to attend. the adult fact, exceptional of is fre- initial awareness behavioral and learning problems such in quently triggered by problems attending. Nevertheless, discussions of this tend to be shallow and over- phenomenon This is evidenced the rather loose use of simplified. especially by the terms and short attention are distractibility span. Rarely these terms often are used defined; they synonymously. We service to the basic that each child is an give lip concept individual. We of the need to each child’s speak approach per- formance as We for each child Yet at the unique. plan separately. same time we of that that de- speak symptoms cluster, patterns and that are successful with certain kinds of velop, approaches We are not dishonest. All of these symptomology. being phrases are accurate. But we must back now and to avoid step then, being our own trapped by jargon. Because do tend to educators and clini- symptoms cluster, cians to use as terms that should be begin synonyms really kept If distinct. and short attention were distractibility span synony- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Academic Therapy SAGE

Problems in Attention: Clearing Up the Terminology

Magdol, Miriam Sper
Academic Therapy , Volume 8 (2): 13 – Dec 1, 1972
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in Attention: Problems Clearing Up the Terminology Miriam Sper Magdol A SIGNIFICANT ASPECT of the behavior of mosi In children is their failure to attend. the adult fact, exceptional of is fre- initial awareness behavioral and learning problems such in quently triggered by problems attending. Nevertheless, discussions of this tend to be shallow and over- phenomenon This is evidenced the rather loose use of simplified. especially by the terms and short attention are distractibility span. Rarely these terms often are used defined; they synonymously. We service to the basic that each child is an give lip concept individual. We of the need to each child’s speak approach per- formance as We for each child Yet at the unique. plan separately. same time we of that that de- speak symptoms cluster, patterns and that are successful with certain kinds of velop, approaches We are not dishonest. All of these symptomology. being phrases are accurate. But we must back now and to avoid step then, being our own trapped by jargon. Because do tend to educators and clini- symptoms cluster, cians to use as terms that should be begin synonyms really kept If distinct. and short attention were distractibility span synony-

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Published: Dec 1, 1972

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