Descriptor
Source
| American Journal of Mental… | 10 |
Author
| Boersma, Frederic J. | 1 |
| Burns, Barbara | 1 |
| Cohn-Jones, L. | 1 |
| Connor, Jane M. | 1 |
| Lally, M. | 1 |
| Nettelbeck, T. | 1 |
| Odom, Penelope B. | 1 |
| Sabatino, David A. | 1 |
| Samuels, S. Jay | 1 |
| Seim, R. | 1 |
| Smith, J. David | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedCohn-Jones, L.; Seim, R. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1978
The role of mental age (MA) and visual-perceptual ability in number concept development was examined with 48 nonretarded and retarded children from regular school settings. (Author)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences, Mental Retardation, Number Concepts
Peer reviewedConnor, Jane M.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1978
Fifty-two educable mentally retarded children (8-14 years old) were randomly assigned to either a visual-spatial training condition or a control group. (Author)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Perceptual Development
Peer reviewedSmith, J. David – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
Perceptual decentering was examined in 30 nonretarded children, 30 educable mentally retarded (EMR) children equated for CA, and 30 EMR children equated for MA. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBurns, Barbara – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1986
Results of the study with 24 mildly or moderately retarded subjects (ages 11-55 years) indicates that a separability hypothesis of perceptual development can be extended to retarded populations. Representation as wholistic objects dominated among moderately retarded subjects, and with increasing intelligence, representation of objects as component…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Intelligence Differences, Mild Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedSommers, Ronald K.; Starkey, Karen L. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
A dichotic word task was used to contrast the speech-perceptual functioning of 29 Down's syndrome children having either good or poor speech and language skills to that of nonretarded Ss. (Author)
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Downs Syndrome, Drafting, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedOdom, Penelope B.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1973
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Research, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedTerry, Pamela R.; Samuels, S. Jay – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Discrimination Learning, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedSabatino, David A.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1973
Examined was the extent of increase in learning efficiency of 72 mentally retarded children, mean age 14 years, when the stronger of two perceptual modalities (auditory or visual) was matched to a unisensory auditory or visual perceptual curriculum. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, Diagnostic Teaching
Peer reviewedNettelbeck, T.; Lally, M. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979
Ten young males (aged 16-to-22 years) whose IQ scores ranged from 51 to 77 were compared on a simple discrimination task with ten male university students (aged 18-to-23 years) and 28 nonretarded male children (aged 7-to-11 years) in order to determine if reaction time is a consequence of mental retardation.
Descriptors: College Students, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Intelligence
Peer reviewedBoersma, Frederic J.; Wilton, Keri M. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
