This mixed-methods study investigates the perspectives of twice-exceptional students on learning strategies that have been recommended for them in the literature. Have the strategies recommended in the literature been implemented? Do students perceive the strategies to be beneficial in helping them learn? Participants represented a broad range of…

The last in a series of eight reports on mental retardation in a Canadian province presented statistical data on raw scores for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), the Vineland Social Maturity Scale (SMS), and the Draw-A-Person (DAP) test by age/sex categories as administered for the study. Isolation of subsamples of the mentally…

Academic achievement data on 383 hearing impaired children of school age in British Columbia were examined in relation to nine demographic characteristics. (Author/SBH)

The fifth of a series of brief reports on the study of mental retardation in a Canadian province covers a period of approximately one year (September, 1969, through November, 1970). The period under review is primarily one of data gathering with the emphasis on the adequacy of the sampling procedure, follow up of incomplete interviews, and tapping…

The sixth in a series of eight reports on mental retardation in a Canadian province recorded in detail the research methodology used in acquisition of epidemiological data (incidence and disease control) and in depth knowledge of mental retardation as it occurred in the target population. In addition to attitudinal, demographic, and other…

Three self-stimulating behaviors of a 6-year-old autistic boy were brought under S-delta stimulus control (a type of discriminative stimulus in the presence of which a given response is punished). (Author/DLS)

Marked positive changes were observed in face and hand washing behavior over the 10 session behavior modification program which employed a chocolate milkshake as the major material reinforcer. (Author/DLS)

To study the psychological and social connotations of mental retardation in Canada, to identify demographic detail, and to develop research instruments and methodology, the proposed research studied the total population (110,000 persons) of Prince Edward Island. Subjects were randomly selected from ages 10 through 64. Prevalence tables are…

The seventh in a series of eight reports on mental retardation in a Canadian province provided basic psychometric, social and conceptual maturity data of the study and outlined preliminary analytical tables designed to validate research questions. The report was explained to represent a transition from theoretical discussion of mental retardation…

The purposes of the survey conducted of the special education classes in Scarborough, Ontario were to provide information describing academic achievement and personal and social adjustment of students in special classes, and to investigate parents' attitudes toward special class programs. Of the 789 students enrolled in 11 kinds of special…

Investigated were social attitudes of teachers and students toward vocational education in British Columbia in general and the educable mentally handicapped students enrolled in vocational education in particular. (CB)