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Improving Locus of Control Through Direct Instruction: A Pilot Study

Wicker, Patricia L.; Tyler, J. Larry – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1975

A pilot project was undertaken with 27 educable mentally handicapped children (9- to 12-years-old) to see if retardates could learn adaptive behavioral responses and an awareness of the consequences of behavior as a result of a sequential instructional program. (GW)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Children

Assessing a Least Restrictive Educational Environment Transfer through Social Comparison.

Repp, Alan C.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1986

A study of 19 trainable retarded students (6-18 years old) showed (1) level of appropriate responding increased with transfer to the community; (2) level of inappropriate behavior remained the same after transter; and (3) levels of appropriate and inappropriate responding of the transferred group were similar to those of a community group.…

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)