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Gold, Marc – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1974
Described is the learning theory of Marc Gold as it has been applied to increasing the learning efficiency of 64 mentally handicapped adolescents. (DB)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedHarter, Susan; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Learning Theories
Campione, Joseph C. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the PhD degree at the University of Connecticut and supported by Grant M-1099 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Descriptors: Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedOkada, Yoshio C. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
The attention hypothesis of Zeaman and House is examined through a systematic, computer-simulation analysis of the parameter interactions found in One-Look model. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children
Maloney, Michael P.; Charrette, Harriett – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Attention Control, Children, Discrimination Learning, Learning Theories
Download full textStukuls, 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
Jensen, Kai – 1968
Simple and complex learning and problem solving situations were employed with mentally retarded children and adults. In the Rotation-Discrimination Complex and the Size-Discrimination Simple experiments, upper and lower test achievement subgroups were subjected to two basic types of visual discrimination at different levels of task complexity.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)
ELLIS, NORMAN R. – 1963
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF 21 AUTHORS IN THIS VOLUME ARE DEVOTED TO ASSESSING THE STATUS OF RESEARCH AND THEORY IN MENTAL DEFICIENCY, FOCUSING ATTENTION ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. PART ONE IS CONCERNED WITH RESEARCH FINDINGS AND THEORIES TO EXPLAIN MENTAL DEFICIENCY. COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES REPRESENTED INCLUDE FIELD…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavior, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research
