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The Learning of Difficult Visual Discriminations by the Moderately and Severely Retarded
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Gold, Marc W.; Barclay, Craig R. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
A procedure to effectively and efficiently train moderately and severely retarded individuals to make fine visual discriminations is described. Results suggest that expectancies for such individuals are in need of examination. Implications for sheltered workshops, work activity centers and classrooms are discussed. [This article appeared…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Performance Factors
Stimulus Factors in Skill Training of Retarded Adolescents on a Complex Assembly Task: Acquisition, Transfer, and Retention
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Gold, Marc W. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Adolescents, Color Planning, Exceptional Child Research, Job Skills
Redundant Cue Removal in Skill Training for the Retarded
Gold, Marc W. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1974
Thirty-six mildly and moderately retarded sheltered workshop adolescent and adult clients learned to assemble a 12-piece unit for which the parts were color coded. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Job Skills, Mental Retardation
Factors Affecting Production by the Retarded: Base Rate
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Gold, Marc W. – Mental Retardation, 1973
Twenty educable or trainable retarded adolescents and adults in three sheltered workshops, who worked either 1 or 3 hours per day for 10 days under a no-external reinforcement condition, assembled a 14-piece bicycle brake. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Exceptional Child Research, Job Skills
The Learning of Difficult Visual Discriminations by the Moderately and Severely Retarded
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Barclay, Craig R.; Gold, Marc W. – Mental Retardation, 1973
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation