Compared was the relative effectiveness of two teacher questioning styles on the motivation and learning of eight intermediate educable mentally retarded pupils. Interactive process data and pupil achievement on a recall posttest were examined for two different types of lessons: one utilizing "episodic" questions (that encouraged the child to…

In order to compose a picture of the typical master's level graduate of special education programs at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge), a follow-up study involving 52 recent graduates was conducted. Each graduate was mailed a questionnaire designed to gather data in five areas: personal information, employment status, financial…

The annotated bibliography on handicapped, disadvantaged and underachieving gifted students contains approximately 100 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1957 to 1974 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information…

Evaluated were the effects of music therapy sessions on the behavior of approximately 300 moderately retarded, physically handicapped and multiply handicapped students. Data on attentive behavior and disruptive behavior were recorded by 37 special education teachers, 25 instructional aides and one principal who were trained to observe and record…

Presented is a report on the California Governor's Conference of December, 1973, called to assess knowledge of preventive techniques in the field of developmental disabilities and to develop a more extensive design for future action. Keynote addresses by F. Lanterman and E. Brian are quoted. Summaries of the following talks are included:…

Documented are the results of a 1974 Idaho needs assessment study of statewide special education services for exceptional children which involved 22,020 school-aged handicapped children. The findings include field research related to (1) prevalence of exceptional children in Idaho school districts and communities; (2) services presently available,…

Described are the rationale, development and utility with mentally retarded children of the Peabody Mathematics Readiness Test (PMRT), an instrument designed to assess mathematical readiness of normal first graders and identify children who would experience difficulty with first grade mathematics. It is explained that the PMRT was intended to…

A study was conducted to determine the academic and behavioral growth of 50 learning disabled students (in grades 2-5) who participated in a teacher-consultant program for 1 year. As part of the program, the consultant provided remedial instruction, visited the regular teachers to monitor and evaluate the work of special students, shared…

Examined was the effectiveness of training four severely and profoundly retarded children (3-6 years old) to improve their level of functioning on a measure of object permanence and to demonstrate generalization to other areas of sensorimotor intelligence. Ss were given a pretest and posttest on the I. Uzgiris and J. Hunt instrument which consists…

Two 8-year-old boys, who read 1.7 and 1.5 years below grade level respectively, participated in a program to accelerate their learning rates. Ss' reading levels were incorporated into a 6-year minimum objectives graphing system, and their progress was recorded every 18 days. The program involved daily work from the Ginn 100 Readers, with…

Presented is the final report (1974) of an assessment of vocational education programs for the handicapped under Part B of the 1968 Amendments to the Vocational Education Act which included the requirements that 10 percent of each state's basic vocational education grant be expended exclusively for the handicapped. Part 1 focuses on assessment at…

The effectiveness of a model for training word recognition was tested with 60 eeucable mentally retarded children (mean age 10 years). Thirty Ss, randomly assigned to the experimental group, were given 14 weeks of training on the model's seven component skills (such as the ability to construct a word given an initial sound), while the 30 control…

Seventy-seven educable retarded adults (17- to 29-years old) who were former special education students were involved in the evaluation of a Forced Choice Self-Description Inventory (FCI) designed to measure community adjustment. Ss had been rated by their vocational rehabilitation counselors on a multiple criterion scale of community adjustment…

A questionnaire was used to obtain information from 464 hearing impaired individuals concerning occupational status and to determine any relationship between types of educational programs attended and later occupational achievement. Subjects had attended exclusively one of four types of programs: residential, day school programs in Chicago, day…

Five descriptive personality scales evaluating the individual's internal-external orientation were administered to 120 educable mentally handicapped children, 30 each at chronological age levels 9, 11, 13, and 15. Reading and arithmetic achievement tests were also given. Results indicated a significant relationship between three of the personality…