Attitudes toward mentally gifted learners were examined in 116 graduate students of education. (Author/DB)

It is suggested that the so-called paradoxical calming or depressant effects of amphetamine on hyperactive children can be accounted for by the proposition that amphetamines increase arousal when the initial arousal level is low but decrease arousal when the initial level is high. (Author)

Investigated were the responses of 12 mildly and moderately retarded adolescents to instructions, commands, directions, requests and questions (collectively called mands) from their workshop and employment supervisors. (Author/CL)

The relationship between the ingestion of artificial food colors and an increase in selected hyperactive behaviors in two hyperactive females (eight years old) was studied. (Author/BD)

The Michigan Gender Identity Test (MGIT) was administered to 52 retarded children (three to ten years old) and 36 normal children (two to five years old) to assess the acquisition of gender identity. (Author)

A study was made of physiological responses of five autistic children (mean age seven years six months) to variations in environmental load in order to examine the under- vs over-arousal dichotomy. (Author)

The study investigated the involvement of school personnel in the administration of medication for the hyperactive child. (Author)

Results of scores of 151 gifted high school students on the Self Concept of Ability Scale indicated that Ss had high self-concepts of academic ability. (CL)

Among results from evaluation of approximately 400 learning disabled students' individualized education programs (IEPs) were that more than 75 percent of the instructional objectives addressed basic academic areas, while only 10 percent were listed in areas relating to social, emotional, and behavioral needs; in addition, 6 percent of the IEPs…

Seven teachers failed to differentiate accurately among 28 students who demonstrated high and low levels of actual motor activity. (CL)