Resumo

LIMA, Ricardo Franco de; TRAVAINI, Paula Pinheiro  e  CIASCA, Sylvia Maria. Sample of the performance of children in tests of attention and executive functions. Rev. psicopedag. [online]. 2009, vol.26, n.80, pp. 188-199. ISSN 0103-8486.

The objective of this research was to obtain a sample of the performance of children without learning difficulties, both genders and aged between 7-10 years of age on tests that assess attention and executive functions. The instruments were used: attention - Tests of Cancellation and Trail Making Test - Part A; executive functions - Trail Making Test - Part B, Stroop Color Word Test and Tower of London; and School Performance Test . The results were organized to analyze the total sample and according to the genders, ages and educational levels. Were obtained effects of age and grade in the performance of the tests, especially in scores of time, so that with the advancement of age and education level the performance improved significantly. Correlations were obtained: between the scores of instruments, with the age factor and the scores of TDE.

Palavras-chave : Educational measurement; Attention; Students.

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