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Peer reviewedHuguenin, Nancy H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1997
Sought to establish a valid computer measurement technique for educational assessment applications. Similarities and differences in performance on visual discrimination tasks for young children of normal development and adolescents with severe mental retardation were analyzed using multiple testing procedures. Found differences in the two groups…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention, Measurement Techniques, Mental Age
Peer reviewedHolden, Edward H., Jr.; Corrigan, James G. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1983
Compared 24 educable mentally retarded (EMR) adolescents, 24 chronological age (CA) matched nonretarded adolescents, and 24 mental age (MA) matched children in same-different decision task in which dyadic sequences were presented within and across visual and auditory modalities. Results supported concept of greater visual dominance by retarded and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention, Auditory Stimuli, Chronological Age
