Gordon P Capp, Ron Avi Astor, Hadass Moore
Positive school climate for school staff? The roles of administrators, staff beliefs, and school organization in high and low resource school districts
Journal of community psychology
transition preschool elementary school places demands children pay attention control impulses avoid fidgeting however best knowledge studies investigated whether characteristics influenced elementary school entry current study compares sameaged preschool elementaryschool children regarding attention performance impulse control motor activity total 60 children 30 preschool 30 elementary school 6 years old underwent quantified behavior qb test childrens parents responded conventional questionnaire measuring attentiondeficithyperactivity disorder found formal schooling mean 3 months significantly affect examined variables p 05 results imply improvements questionnaire computer test scores shown previous studies rather caused maturation educational context assumption inattention ratings increase school entry inattention better observed academic setting could verified either study substantiates normative data used clinical practice need consider educational context