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Peer reviewedScruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1984
Provides background on generalization exhibited by mentally retarded populations as viewed by behavior and cognitive psychologists, describes the failures to facilitate generalization, and offers an alternative explanation of such failures. This explanation describes the generalization process in terms of individual capacity for analogical…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology
