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Peer reviewedKolstoe, Oliver P. – Exceptional Children, 1972
The author refutes six allegations concerning both methods of identifying the retarded and programs for educating them. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Identification, Mental Retardation
Stainback, Susan B.; Stainback, William C. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1975
Defended is the concept of the self contained special classroom for educable mentally retarded students. (Author)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Program Effectiveness
Effectiveness of Emphasizing Reading Skills with the Language Master for Mentally Retarded Students.
Download full textCentral Arkansas Education Center, Little Rock. – 1972
The effectiveness of using the Language Master to emphasize reading skills with 10 students (ages 7 to 13 years) in a special class for the mentally retarded was evaluated. Nine behavioral objectives were formulated in the areas of improved word recognition, improved understanding of basic concepts, and improved word attack skills. The…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Children, Concept Formation, Evaluation
DeWitt, Dorinda D.; Wieters, Wade C. – 1978
The study compared two special education models, resource and self-contained, to investigate the effects of delivery systems on academic achievement of 170 educable mentally handicapped (EMH) students (8 to 12 years old) and to determine which of the two models is more cost effective. There was a significant effect of educational setting on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Methods, Elementary Education
Frith, Greg – 1974
Selected student variables that are indicators of a successful secondary program for the educable mentally retarded were compared and evaluated on the basis of descriptive data for 4,425 students in the 233 classes in Alabama and interviews with 30 former students. Results from a questionnaire sent to high schools revealed data such as the…
Descriptors: Employment, Exceptional Child Research, Interviews, Mental Retardation
Collister, Larry – 1975
Twenty-seven mildly and moderately mentally handicapped special education graduates from a special school and 23 mildly and moderately mentally handicapped special education graduates from a mainstream school were interviewed to determine long range benefits of each program. Interviews 1 and 2 years after graduation were designed to measure…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies
Myers, James K. – 1976
The effectiveness of the special school, special class, and regular class in the education of low IQ (49 to 70) and high IQ (71 to 85) educable mentally retarded pupils (n=120) (all between the ages of 7 and 12 years) was investigated. Effectiveness was determined by academic achievement, self concept, and social adjustment within school settings…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences
Silverstein, Leonard – 1975
Presented is an evaluation of a program in seven schools in New York City which provided 19 special classes for 174 doubly handicapped students--mentally retarded and severely physically handicapped--ranging in age from 5 to 21 years old. Among findings listed are that the 30 higher functioning Ss who were given the Wide Range Achievement Test did…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Mathematics, Mental Retardation
Riches, Vivienne; And Others – 1993
This report summarizes results obtained for the first cohort of students (n=98) with disabilities involved in the pilot Transition Project begun in 1989 in New South Wales (Australia). Students were in either special schools (56 percent), special classes in regular high schools (40 percent), or integrated regular settings (3.5 percent). Of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment
