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Calfee, Robert C. – Child Develop, 1970
A series of studies indicated that performance on serial recognition memory tasks was relatively constant over a wide range of age and IQ, and except for response biases and forgetting rate, recognition memory processes of normal and retarded children appeared to be identical with those of adults. (Author/DR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Handicapped Children, Memory, Mental Retardation
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Swanson, Lee – Child Study Journal, 1978
Explores the effect of stimulus familiarity on the spatial primacy performance of normal and retarded children. Assumes that serial recall tasks reflect spatial memory rather than verbal rehearsal. (BD)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Memory, Mental Retardation, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
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Camp, Bonnie W.; Dahlem, Nancy W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
By comparing a retarded reader's performance on paired associate and serial learning, results are expected to show the differences in types of learning problems. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation, Paired Associate Learning, Reading Difficulties
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Schroeder, Gerald L.; Baer, Donald M. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Increase in probe accuracy following concurrent training was consistently greater than following serial training. (Authors)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children, Imitation
McLaughlin, John A.; And Others – 1971
Two studies are reported. The first is based on Piaget's assertion that the child's representation of his world is dependent on the level of cognitive development at which he is currently functioning. Forty-eight normals and 48 retardates were given a visual memory task. They were asked to recall a configural presentation in a number of ways,…
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences