Apparently, instruction focusing attention using pointing and tracing gestures to highlight contour lines improved participants' performance on the TMA overall, on both elevation and shape items.
Two of the demonstration groups also received instruction directing attention either towards the feedback (EXTERNAL), or the relationship between their arm movements and the feedback (RELATION).
In other words, a child's learning is dependent upon close personal relationships and expert instruction and attention from adults.
Negative parent behavior comprised the percentage of intervals during which the parent displayed negative behavior, namely negative physical contact, aversive question or instruction, aversive attention, or interruption.
Though school reconstruction has commenced, the current plan for education will not be able to provide for the quality of instruction, individual attention or facilities that are needed in the near future, especially in more rural or remote areas.
It was predicted that instructions directing attention onto the effects of the action would facilitate learning.
The body scan instructions drew attention to sensations in different areas of the body during inspiration and expiration.
Benign images were less accurately distinguished from viewed pictures than were negative emotional images, when instructions prompted attention to unhelpful information such as size.
This procedure tests the ability of the subject to respond correctly to the target, which depends on understanding the instructions and attention directed to the task during the test session.
Patients with cognitive impairments as described in the present study will probably experience difficulties in situations that demand rapid processing of information such as following complex instructions, sustaining attention, and remembering new information.
