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Gallagher, Joseph W.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1973
The study examined the performance of 72 intellectually average children in primary grades and 72 educable mentally retarded adolescents (mean mental age 8 years) on target subsets of work pairs when employed in mixed lists. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes, Mental Retardation
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Turnure, James E.; Thurlow, Martha L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1973
The relevance of these findings to previous failures to find transfer and their implications for educational practice are discussed. (Authors)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Mediation Theory, Mild Mental Retardation, Paired Associate Learning
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Stevenson, Harold W.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Discrimination Learning, Incidental Learning, Learning
Stein, Joan Lerner; Budoff, Milton – 1973
Compared were performances of 39 educable mentally retarded (EMR) Ss, mean chronological age (CA) 11 1/2 years, mean mental age (MA) 7 3/4 years; 25 fifth graders matched on CA; and 27 second graders matched on MA to determine whether children of different ages and IQ spontaneously demonstrate learning strategies after repeated practice with…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences
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Thurlow, Martha L.; Turnure, James E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Study investigated the effects of task difficulty on the paired-associate learning of retardates when extended elaboration conditions are employed. (Authors)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Mild Mental Retardation, Paired Associate Learning, Recall (Psychology)
Burcham, Temmie; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1974
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Aural Learning, Children, Exceptional Child Research