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Young, Margaret; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1990
Performance of 5 students (ages 8 and 10) with moderate intellectual disability was compared as they received the DISTAR Arithmetic instructional intervention and a Discrimination Learning Theory (DLT) intervention not requiring a fast-paced verbal student response. Academic engagement and skill mastery were greater during the DLT intervention.…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Stukuls, Henry I. – 1974
Eighteen retarded Ss (mean IQ 50 and mean age 14 years) and 18 normal Ss (mean IQ 100 and mean age 7 years) participated in a study to isolate variables that differentially control discrimination learning and retention processes, and to evaluate contrasting theories on discrimination learning and menory processes of retarded and normal children.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research