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Relationship between Classroom Behavior and Achievement of Mildly Mentally Retarded Children.

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Forness, Steven R.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979

Behavioral observations of 177 students in classrooms for educable mentally retarded children and for educationally handicapped children (mean ages 10 and 11 years) were compared to their achievement scores. (Author)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education

Eventual School Placement of Kindergartners Observed as High Risk in the Classroom

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Forness, Steven R.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1977

To determine whether children's observable kindergarten behavior might predict eventual educational risk, 40 of 94 children originally observed in their classrooms at the beginning of kindergarten were followed at completion of second grade. Attending behavior correlated highly with eventual risk, leading to speculation about early identification…

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Behavior Patterns