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Adams, Jerry – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Educational Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Forness, Steven R.; Weil, Marvin C. – Except Children, 1970
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Lateral Dominance, Mental Retardation, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Peer reviewedButcher, R. E.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Mental Retardation, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Berthold, Howard C.; Sach, Robert H. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1974
A study which considers principles which underlie both computer assisted instruction and special education. (Author/HB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Educational Research, Mental Retardation
Vega, Arthur – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Study supported by Public Health Service Research Grant NB-05359 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness.
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Eye Hand Coordination, Mental Retardation, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Peer reviewedBlankenship, Elise – Journal of the Association for the Study of Perception, 1972
The brain-injured group performed with greater error scores and required more time to complete the tasks; although the brain-injured group took more time on the binocular tasks, their performance scores were similar to the nonbrain-injured group scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Depth Perception, Handicapped Children, Males, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedCrosby, Kenneth G. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Attention Span, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Download full textSatz, Paul – 1972
Reported was an explanatory conceptual model for pathological left-handedness (PLH) and related hypotheses, some of which could not be tested empirically due to lack of information. The model was reported to provide an explanation for the relationship between handedness and specific learning disability, and handedness and cerebral dominance for…
Descriptors: Lateral Dominance, Learning Disabilities, Left Handed Writer, Mental Retardation
Chiaia, N.L.; Teyler, T.J. – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1983
Focuses on how learning works. Discusses three major components related to processing information--sensory and perceptual systems, integration of information, and output of information--and developmental and environmental factors affecting brain information in each of these areas. Concludes with discussion of biological bases for cognitive and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Hyperactivity, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems
Broadhead, Geoffrey D. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1973
Six socioeconomic traits were assessed from questionnaire data returned from the homes of 92 children (ages 7 to 13 years) in special classes for the minimally brain injured and 110 children of the same age range in classes for the educable mentally retarded. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
Rubin, Suellen Safir – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Friedman, Fay T. – 1965
Minimal brain dysfunction (MBD) refers to a significant disturbance in several areas of a child's functioning. This condition includes learning disability, lack of motor coordination , auditory and/or visual perceptual disturbances, hyperactivity, and problems in concentration and attention span. Also involved is a heavy overlay of personality and…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Educational Problems, Exceptional Persons, Learning Disabilities
Stevens, Douglas A.; and others – J Consult Clin Psychol, 1970
Examines rapid-tapping performance of 36 hyperkinetic and 36 control boys under conditions of free response, verbal urging, and penny rewards. Hyperkinetics were unable to adjust to changing incentive conditions. (Author/EK)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Hyperactivity, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBo, Ola O. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1978
Training programs for auditory and for visual figure-ground perception were constructed and tested with brain-damaged and mentally retarded children. Training groups showed higher gain scores than the control group on both tests, but the effect was significant only for visual training on visual figure-ground perception. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Elementary Education, Mental Retardation, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Fuller, Gerald B.; Hawkins, William F. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (92d, Boston, Massachusetts, May, 1968).
Descriptors: Age Differences, Clinical Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
