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Wijnstra, Johan M. – 1984
In Holland, it recently has been recognized that minority students are underrepresented in schools for learning disabled (LD) and are overrepresented in schools for the educable mentally retarded (EMR). In 1983, a study was begun in Rotterdam to determine why some students of Surinamese, Turkish, and Moroccan origin were placed in schools for the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Intelligence, Language Proficiency
