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Day, H. Michael; Day, Robert M. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1977
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Leisure Time
Download full textPAINTER, GENEVIEVE – 1965
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OBSERVED AT SIX SUMMER DAY CAMPS (REPRESENTATIVE OF 26 SUCH CAMPS SPONSORED BY THE KENNEDY FOUNDATION) ARE REPORTED. EACH CAMP WAS VISITED AND THE FIRST 25 ACTIVITIES PRESENTED WERE ANALYZED BY ONE OF TWO THEORETICAL MODELS. THE MODEL FOR MEANINGFUL (COGNITIVE) ACTIVITIES WAS USED TO RATE ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF…
Descriptors: Adults, Camping, Children, Day Camp Programs
Brown, Louis F.; Andrews, James B. – 1968
Fourteen culturally deprived educable mentally handicapped children (ages 126 to 168 months, IQ's 52 to 86) participated in a 7-week project to determine the effectiveness of correlating classroom instruction with camping and outdoor educational activities. The subjects were first tested for current knowledge and attitudes about science,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Camping, Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Research
Miller, Martin B. – 1975
Evaluated was a summer program of reading and mathematics for handicapped pupils in special education classes consisting of two components: the speech/language impairment component, including 377 students, and the component for mentally retarded pupils, including 3l5 students. The speech/language component, designed to improve academic skills…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Behrens, Thomas R. – 1967
To demonstrate the need for summer educational programs for hearing impaired children and to study ways of implementing programs, a summer program, conducted at a school for the deaf, was utilized. Twenty-two educators in four groups observed the program for four days each, met for discussions, and analyzed strengths and weaknesses. Academic and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Auditory Training, Educational Innovation, Exceptional Child Research
