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Language Training for Trainable Mentally Retarded; Annual Project Report: Second Year; ESEA Title III.
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Leiss, Robert H., Comp.; Proger, Barton B., Comp. – 1974
During the 1973-74 school year, 230 trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children (ages 7 to 14 years) were exposed to one of two language training conditions: Distar or Peabody. A population of 116 continuees from the first year of the project and 114 new entries were assigned in as random a fashion as possible to either Distar or Peabody. Ss were…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences, Language Instruction
Language Training for TMR Children: Third-Year Results and Comparison with First Two Years: The Peabody, Distar and ITPA Programs. Termination Report (Technical Data). July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975.
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Proger, Barton B.; Leiss, Robert H. – 1976
Effects of the different components of the Distar language program were tested on 48 trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children. Three designs were used comparing IQ, sex, continuation status, selected standardized test results, and replicates. Results indicated that the degree of previous formal language training (continuation status) did not…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences