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Peer reviewedAnderson-Levitt, Kathryn M.; Moerman, Daniel E. – Mental Retardation, 1989
Ethnographic research at 2 work activity centers for mentally retarded clients revealed that 16 production supervisors and 9 adult basic education teachers differed in their connotations of the term "functioning." Teachers defined functioning in narrowly academic terms, whereas supervisors defined it as a set of mental, physical, and moral traits…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Communication Problems, Definitions
