Tourette's Syndrome children: Significant achievement and social behavior variables.
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Title
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Tourette's Syndrome children: Significant achievement and social behavior variables.
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Identifier
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AAI9000024
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identifier
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9000024
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Creator
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Gallina, Nancy Burleigh.
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Contributor
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Advisers: Marian Fish | Alan Gross | Philip Saigh
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Date
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1989
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Education, Educational Psychology | Education, Special
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Abstract
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For this comparison achievement study, 27 subjects with Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome (TS), 27 normal control subjects (NC), and 27 subjects with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), were evaluated for mathematics achievement, using the Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R) Arithmetic subtest and two forms of the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT6) Mathematics subtest, one given under the standard timed condition and the other under an untimed condition, and were evaluated for social behavior using the ADD-H Comprehensive Teacher Rating Scale (ACTeRS) in an attempt to differentiate TS subjects from ADHD and NC subjects. It was found, consistent with previous research, that TS subjects performed poorly on the WRAT-R Arithmetic subtest and on the form of the MAT 6 administered under the timed condition. TS subjects administered the MAT 6 under the untimed condition, scored in the average range. The results of the ACTeRS revealed TS subjects to have good social skills and little oppositional behavior when compared to ADHD subjects. These results suggest that timed administration of the WRAT-R Arithmetic subtest is a significant variable in assessing mathematics achievement in TS subjects, and that the WRAT-R Arithmetic subtest is inappropriate for assessing mathematics achievement in TS children. It is further suggested that increased frequency and duration of ticking behavior adversely affects attention in TS subjects while apparently not negatively affecting social skills and oppositional behavior.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
