Drug treatment benefited children in the amount of school work that they completed , by up to 15 % , and less consistently improved children ’s accuracy in specific types of academic assignments , such as arithmetic .
Methylpheni date , dexamfetamine and mixed amfetamine formulations all showed beneficial effects on children ’s on-task behaviour and academic work completion .
These review findings suggest that medication for ADHD has the potential to improve children ’s learning and academic achievement
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) has a significant impact on children ’s classroom behaviour , daily functioning and experience of school life .
However , the effects of drug treatment for ADHD on learning and academic achievement are not fully understood .
This review was undertaken to describe the effects of methylpheni date , dexamfetamine , mixed amfetamine salts and atomoxetine on children ’s on-task  behaviour and their academic performance , and to perform a meta- analysis to quantify these effects .
The effects of methylphenidate on learning in children with ADDH: the stimulus equivalence paradigm.
Investigated the effect of methylpheni date ( MPH ) on the ability of children with Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ( ADDH ) to learn both trained and untrained complex visual relationships and compared these findings to their school performance under identical dosage parameters . 26 children between the ages of 6 and 12 years with ADDH participated in a double-blind , placebo control , within-subjects design in which each child received four doses of MPH ( 5 , 10 , 15 , 20 mg ) and a placebo in a counterbalanced sequence . MPH enhanced children 's learning of both taught and untaught visual relationships , and most changes were similar to , albeit less dramatic than , those obtained for the children 's attention and academic performance in school . Results of group and single-subject analyses are presented and discussed with relevance to psychopharmacological research and underst and ing the complex relationship between learning and psychostimulants used in treating children with ADDH
Drug treatment benefited children in the amount of school work that they completed , by up to 15 % , and less consistently improved children ’s accuracy in specific types of academic assignments , such as arithmetic .
Methylpheni date , dexamfetamine and mixed amfetamine formulations all showed beneficial effects on children ’s on-task behaviour and academic work completion .
These review findings suggest that medication for ADHD has the potential to improve children ’s learning and academic achievement
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) has a significant impact on children ’s classroom behaviour , daily functioning and experience of school life .
However , the effects of drug treatment for ADHD on learning and academic achievement are not fully understood .
This review was undertaken to describe the effects of methylpheni date , dexamfetamine , mixed amfetamine salts and atomoxetine on children ’s on-task  behaviour and their academic performance , and to perform a meta- analysis to quantify these effects .