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A Comparison of Normal and Mentally Retarded Children on a Perceptual Learning Task.

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Terry, Pamela Rollefson; Samuels, S. Jay – 1974

Compared were performances of 12 educable mentally retarded (EMR) and 12 normal children in grade 6 on a perceptual learning task to determine whether individuals with different intelligence levels have different learning abilities. A protable minicomputer was used to present "old letters" (usual lower case letters) and "new letters" (letter-like…

Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research

Comparison of Nonretarded and Mentally Retarded Children on a Perceptual Learning Task

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Terry, Pamela R.; Samuels, S. Jay – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976

Descriptors: Character Recognition, Discrimination Learning, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes