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Peer reviewedSwitzky, Harvey N. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1997
Argues that an educational definition of mental retardation has to be sensitive to the motivational self-system and the self-regulatory processes that underpin performance of students with mental retardation. The theory of motivational orientation that explains the differences in students with intrinsic motivation or extrinsic motivation is…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis
