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Peer reviewedKirk, Winifred J.; Johnson, John T., Jr. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Results were interpreted as supporting an inhibition deficit theory of mental retardation. (Authors)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Error Patterns, Handicapped Children
Neisworth, John T.; And Others – 1968
Two introductory passages, one regular passage, and one experimental advance organizer passage developed to facilitate initial learning were assigned to normal and retarded children. The subjects were 184 normal 8-year-olds (controls' mean IQ 118.00, organizers' 118.80) and 184 educable mentally retarded 15-year-olds (EMR controls' mean IQ 74.85,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
Tannenbaum, Abraham J. Ed. – 1968
Nine conference papers consider the application of knowledge and methods known to special education to the instruction of disadvantaged children. Edmund W. Gordon views the disadvantaged population; Frank B. Wilderson discusses behavior disorders in children from deprived backgrounds; Harriet Green Kopp describes problems of perception and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Processes, Disadvantaged Youth


