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Peer reviewedShprintzen, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cleft Palate, Exceptional Child Research, Learning
Peer reviewedHardwick, Claudia; Lobb, Harold – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Thirty college students and 30 moderately retarded persons averaging approximately equal age received eight alternating phases of acquisition and extinction trials with an electric pulse as the unconditioned stimulus for classical eyelid conditioning. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Learning
Peer reviewedStott, Denis H. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1976
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Emotional Problems, Exceptional Child Research
McCormick, Linda P.; Elder, Pamela S. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1978
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Exceptional Child Research, Individual Characteristics, Instructional Programs
PDF pending restorationHINER, GLADYS; VINEY, WAYNE – 1967
TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF OVERTRAINING ON REVERSAL AND NONREVERSAL SHIFTS OF CUES, 96 NORMAL (MEAN AGE = 117 MONTHS, MEAN IQ = 109.8) AND 96 RETARDED CHILDREN (MEAN AGE = 119 MONTHS, MEAN IQ = 70.1) WERE TESTED ON A SIMULTANEOUS 2-CHOICE DISCRIMINATION TASK. SUBJECTS WERE TRAINED ON TWO LEVELS (CRITERION AND OVERTRAINING). FOLLOWING TRAINING ON THE…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Grade 4, Learning
Jervis, George A., Ed. – 1968
The genetics of mental retardation are discussed in terms of geographical isolates, prospects for prevention of trisomic conditions, population genetics, and cytogenetics of Down's syndrome; problems of neurogenesis described are anabolic pathways of galactose and glucose metabolism, abnormal cell migrations in developing brains, and genetic…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Community Programs, Disadvantaged, Down Syndrome
Download full textCROSSON, JAMES E.; DE JUNG, JOHN E. – 1967
WORKING FROM A POPULATION OF SEVERELY AND PROFOUNDLY RETARDED RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL PATIENTS, AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DEVISE AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM FOR TRAINING SUBJECTS ON SELECTED WORKSHOP TASKS. TASK ANALYSIS WAS EMPLOYED TO DESCRIBE THE RESPECTIVE VOCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND TO SPECIFY BEHAVIORAL REQUIREMENTS. TRAINING PROGRAMS BASED UPON THE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior, Exceptional Child Research
PRINCE, ALBERT I. – 1967
A SET OF BEHAVIORAL PRINCIPLES USED IN INTELLECTUAL REHABILITATION OF A SMALL GROUP OF THIRD GRADERS WITH EDUCATIONAL AND RELATED BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS WAS EVALUATED. SUBJECTS SELECTED WERE EIGHT THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS AGED 8 TO 10, WHO WERE 1 YEAR BEHIND IN READING AS MEASURED BY A STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT TEST AND 1 YEAR BEHIND IN EITHER SPELLING OR…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Behavior, Behavior Change
