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Download full textLeiss, Robert H., Comp.; Proger, Barton B., Comp. – 1974
During the 1973-74 school year, 230 trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children (ages 7 to 14 years) were exposed to one of two language training conditions: Distar or Peabody. A population of 116 continuees from the first year of the project and 114 new entries were assigned in as random a fashion as possible to either Distar or Peabody. Ss were…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences, Language Instruction
Proger, Barton B.; Leiss, Robert H. – 1976
Effects of the different components of the Distar language program were tested on 48 trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children. Three designs were used comparing IQ, sex, continuation status, selected standardized test results, and replicates. Results indicated that the degree of previous formal language training (continuation status) did not…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences
Parker, Ronald K. – 1969
The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate two procedures for providing preschool education for rural 4-year-olds by using a mobile laboratory. The project used "readimobiles" to determine the effectiveness of a structured, psycholinguistically-based preschool curriculum on black, disadvantaged children. There were three…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Early Experience
