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DUKE, JAMES A.; ELAM, CLAUDE B. – 1964
EXPERIMENTS WERE PERFORMED TO DETERMINED HOW MENTALLY RETARDED AND NORMAL SUBJECTS SYNTHESIZE STIMULI WITH RESPONSES. ALSO, RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE STIMULUS SYNTHESIS PROCESS, INTELLIGENCE, AND RATE OF LEARNING WERE STUDIED. DISCRIMINATION TASKS WERE USED WHICH REQUIRED SUBJECTS, NORMAL (COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, AND GRADE SCHOOL ENROLLEES) AND…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Learning Processes, Mathematical Models, Mental Retardation
Download full textJones, Elvis C. – 1971
A pilot study and two formal studies were conducted with educable mentally handicapped (EMR) children to develop materials and procedures suitable for studying schema learning in EMRs and to demonstrate schema learning in EMRs in the absence of external guidance. The pilot and formal study I were conducted to develop suitable populations of…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedBijou, Sidney W. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1973
This chapter describes the theoretical and methodological foundations of behavior modification, the behavioral analysis of the retarded child and teaching programs for retarded children. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Experimental Curriculum
