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Download full textLiechti, Carroll D.; Gwaltney, Thomas Larry – 1970
Two special classrooms were provided for 20 students at the preschool and kindergarten level who had severe hearing impairments. Two teachers and two instructional aides condcted classroom activities centered around sense training (visual, tactile, and auditory experiences). Speech development and communication skills were desired outcomes. To…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Exceptional Child Research, Experimental Programs, Hearing Impairments
MILLS, ESTHER; AND OTHERS – 1961
A STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE WHETHER MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN PREFER SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED ART ACTIVITIES TO THE MORE TRADITIONAL ONES, AND TO TEST THE EFFECTS ON CENTRAL MOTOR SKILLS, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ART, AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, AND SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN SPECIAL CLASSES WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS. NEW ART…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Experimental Programs
BAER, CLYDE J.; FARRELL, MARJORY J. – 1961
EXPERIMENTAL CLASSES WERE SET UP FOR ACADEMICALLY SUPERIOR STUDENTS (INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT 120 AND ABOVE) TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FULL-TIME, SELF-CONTAINED CLASSES AND PART-TIME CLASSES. TWO EXPERIMENTAL CLASSES WERE BEGUN FOR FOURTH THROUGH NINTH GRADE STUDENTS IN EACH PROGRAM, AND WERE COMPARED TO EQUIVALENT CONTROL GROUPS. ACHIEVEMENT…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students
Liechti, Carroll D.; Walker, Ralph E. – 1970
An adaptive physical education project was started in the Wichita Public Schools for children who were unable to participate in regular physical education classes due to one or more handicaps. Sixty-nine students in grades seven through nine participated the first year, and 103 students the second year. The program and class procedures were geared…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Exceptional Child Research, Experimental Programs, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedWhyte, L. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1976
This paper is concerned with one aspect of intellectual functioning, logico-mathematical concepts, and with development of representational space in opportunity class children (those characterized mainly by cultural deprivation, intellectual retardation at the Educable Mentally Retarded-borderline levels, and specific learning disabilities) who…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Research
Haring, Norris G.; Hayden, Alice H. – 1968
Sixteen papers are provided. B. F. Skinner discusses the arrangement of contingencies for learning: Lloyd Homme describes behavioral engineering; and Frank Hewett considers behavior modification in special education. Also treated are experimental education by Norris Haring, program evaluation by Arthur Lumsdaine, and administration of special…
Descriptors: Administration, Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Development
Wiggins, James E. – 1968
Amendments to Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and financial expenditures in Colorado are considered. Six programs on the following topics are described: development of an aide program for the speech correctionist; preschool programs for educationally handicapped students; stimulation of classes for the physically…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education, Experimental Programs, Federal Aid
