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Peer reviewedUllman, Douglas G.; Routh, Donald K. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Visual Perception
Peer reviewedLobb, Harold – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Positive Reinforcement
Bradley, Betty Hunt – Rehabilitation Literature, 1972
Sixty mentally retarded children (mean chronological age 19.4 years, mean mental age 5.2 years) were analyzed on their discrimination of 116 colored action pictures. (Author)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Perceptual Motor Learning
Peer reviewedBerkell, Dianne E. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1982
The effects of varying training settings and objects on the development of skill generalization were studied with 60 retarded students (5-16 years old). Research procedures were identical for all groups except for the manipulation of settings and objects. A factorial analysis of covariance supported the prediction that the visual discrimination…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedSherman, T. W.; Webster, C. D. – Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1974
Descriptors: Autism, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Carlin, Michael T.; Soraci, Sal A.; Strawbridge, Christina P.; Dennis, Nancy; Loiselle, Raquel; Chechile, Nicholas A. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2003
Abilities of individuals (n=42), either with or without mental retardation, to search for and detect changes to naturalistic scenes were investigated. Individuals with mental retardation required more time to detect changes, especially changes of marginal interest. Eye-tracking analysis of six participants suggested that individuals with mental…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Control, Discrimination Learning, Eye Fixations
Download full textElias, Marjorie F. – 1975
Perceptual motor development, habituation, and learning in squirrel monkeys were studied under controlled rearing and diet history conditions to determine whether the animal's level of behavioral development was similar to well-nourished animals of his own age (agemates) or his own size (sizemates). From birth to 8 weeks of age, the animals were…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Dietetics, Discrimination Learning, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedSalvia, John; Ysseldyke, James – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Color, Discrimination Learning, Males, Mental Retardation
Maloney, Michael P.; Charrette, Harriett – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Attention Control, Children, Discrimination Learning, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedTerry, Pamela R.; Samuels, S. Jay – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Discrimination Learning, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedBarclay, Craig R.; Gold, Marc W. – Mental Retardation, 1973
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
