Date of Award
7-1989
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Specialist in Education (Ed.S.)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Richard Wikoff
Second Advisor
Norman H. Hamm
Third Advisor
James Akers
Abstract
A pilot study was performed to determine the validity of on-task behavior and locally developed attention tasks# to assist in the identification of children with ADHD. Subjects were third grade students in the Hampton City Public Schools. Means and standard deviations were computed for time-on-task as well as number correct and number committed for each of five separate attention tasks. A correlation analysis was performed to compare results of attention tasks with each other as well as with the Abbreviated Conners Teacher's Scale (ACTS), a Hyperactivity Index, and IQ. Results were in the expected direction, although correlations with ACTS were lower than anticipated. A discussion of the results and suggestions for future studies are given.
Recommended Citation
Hunter, Rose Ternes, "Construct validity and development of local norms in the assessment of ADHD." (1989). Student Work. 96.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/96
Comments
A Thesis Presented to the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Specialist in Education University of Nebraska at Omaha.