Inattention |
A - Looking away from the teacher during the explanation |
Any activity performed by the student during an explanation from the teacher that characterizes a deviation from the teacher's gaze (e.g., lying down at the school desk, walking around the room, fiddling with the backpack, talking to a colleague). |
B - Looking away from the notebook |
Any activity performed by the student while performing a task that requires the notebook, but that he does not use it (e.g., lying down at the school desk, walking around the room, fiddling with the backpack, talking to a colleague). |
C - Stopping responding when asked |
Any activity performed when the teacher requests the student, but he does not respond when asked (e.g., lying down at the school desk, walking around the room, fiddling with the backpack, talking to a colleague). |
Easily Distracted |
D - Engaging in events other than classroom activities |
Any activity performed by the student other than that requested by the teacher (e.g., fiddling with the backpack when he should do an exercise, talking to colleague(s) instead of reading the text, walking around the room instead of doing math). |
E - Exceeding the time set for completing tasks |
Not completing tasks on time (e.g., when the teacher corrects an exercise in class and the student has not finished it). |
F - Delay in starting school tasks |
The student postpones the start of a task when the teacher asks students to perform it. Usually, these behaviors are associated with others that prevent the performance of tasks, such as lying in the wallet, walking around the room, touching the bag, talking to the colleague. |
G - Losing things |
The student does not find the material when he needs it to carry out an activity (e.g., when the student loses a pencil, eraser, or colored pencils, necessary to perform the task). |
Restlessness |
H - Moving and squirm in the chair |
Any student’s movement (torso, head, or neck) during an explanation or school activity (e.g., shaking the torso, neck, or head). |
I - Moving hands and feet |
Any student’s movement (feet or hands) during an explanation or school activity (e.g., shaking the feet or moving the hands excessively). |
J - Changing posture |
Any movement of the student during an explanation or school activity that makes him turn in his school chair (e.g., turn to talk to a colleague behind him). |
K - Talking too much |
Speaking in situations where he is expected to remain silent (e.g., speaking during the teacher's explanation, speaking during the performance of individual tasks, speaking when others are speaking). |
Movement |
L - Getting up from the chair |
Getting up from the school chair in situations where he is expected to remain seated (e.g., getting out of the school chair during the teacher's explanation or while performing tasks). |
M - Walking or running in the room or leaving the room |
Walking or running around the room, or getting out of the room in situations where he is expected to remain seated (e.g., getting out of the school chair during the teacher's explanation or while performing tasks; constantly asking to go to the bathroom or drink water). |
Impulsivity |
N - Having difficulty waiting for your turn |
Difficulty, when several students are asked to perform an activity, in waiting for his turn (e.g., the student does not wait to be called when the teacher distributes material to a class; he does not wait for his turn when several colleagues are asked to perform an activity on the blackboard). |
O - Speaking without being stimulated |
Speaking without being asked or authorized, or without being the right time (e.g., the teacher directs the question to another student, but it is the participant who answers). |
P - Interrupting others' speeches |
Intruding into a conversation without being asked or authorized (e.g., interrupts the teacher's explanation, the colleague's question, or the conversation between colleagues). |