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Download full textKIRK, SAMUEL A.; AND OTHERS – 1967
CURRENT AND RECENT RESEARCH PROGRAMS AT THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN URBANA, ILLINOIS, ARE REVIEWED. EACH OF THE PROGRAMS FOCUSES UPON THE SOCIAL, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS DIFFERENTIATING THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD FROM THE NORMAL CHILD. THE RANGE OF THE PROBLEMS COVERED IS FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS (1) INTERPERSONAL…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Behavior, Behavior Problems, Child Development
Schurr, Kenton T.; Brookover, Wilbur B. – 1967
To investigate change in the general self concept of ability of educable mentally retarded special class students, four equally spaced interviews were conducted with 51 students (mean age 11.63) over a 2-year period. Pupils answered questions about their academic ability from the General Self-Concept of Ability Scale; scores showed an ascending…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. Secretary's Committee on Mental Retardation. – 1969
Part II of a two-part publication listing mental retardation grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in fiscal year 1968 (July 1, 1967, to June 30, 1968), the text includes grants awarded in the areas of research and demonstration. (Part I covers grants in training and construction.) Grants are arranged according to…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Biochemistry, Congenital Impairments, Demonstration Programs
Williams, Charles F.; Johnson, George H. – 1968
A 9-month pilot evaluation of the developing Special Education Instructional Materials Center (SEIMC) Network utilized two approaches: a process evaluation with site visits to determine the status of activities at the SEIMC's at the universities of Wisconsin and Southern California; and a user survey of 588 mail questionnaires, follow-up…
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research, Information Centers
Rawson, Margaret B. – 1968
A longitudinal study was made of 56 boys, a highly homogeneous group from 44 families. All had attended a regular private elementary school for at least 3 years between 1930 and 1937. All were placed in three groups according to their performance on a language learning facility scale. The lowest 20 were rated as dyslexis, with specific…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Rating, Dyslexia, Exceptional Child Research
Fargo, George – 1967
Videotaping was used to analyze both video and audio components of the teaching-learning process with educable mentally retarded (EMR) children. Fifteen teachers, both inexperienced and experienced, made 31 pilot tapes, teaching one retarded and one normal child each the single, new concept of a hexagon. The 31 children included 14 EMR (ages 9-2…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Exceptional Child Research, Instructional Materials, Learning
Martinson, Ruth A.; Wiener, Jean – 1968
Inservice self-study was utilized to improve the qualitative level of classroom method among teachers of the gifted. Ten judges selected 45 of 75 elementary and secondary teachers by a rating scale of significant behaviors, classroom observation ratings, the Weiner Attitude Scale, and the Terman Concept Mastery Test. The 45 were considered…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales, Exceptional Child Research, Gifted
Prescott, Elizabeth – 1965
The study considered what alterations in child rearing environment occur for children placed in group day care, and what effects family background and the emotional climate of the center have upon extent of alteration. The sample consisted of 30 centers and their directors, 67 teachers, and 250 mothers. Responses on the schedule of child rearing…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavior Standards, Child Rearing, Community Organizations
Brison, David W.; Bereiter, Carl – 1967
Thirty-seven normal and 33 gifted children from kindergarten classes and 26 retarded children from special classes with mean mental ages of 76 months, 80 months, and 72 months respectively, were initially tested for their understanding of the terms more, same, and less. All who had failed conservation of substance pretests using juice, sand, clay,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Gallagher, James J. – 1966
Research is summarized and analyzed in this revision of the author's 1960 "Analysis of Research on the Education of Gifted Children," which was used as a guide in the construction and implementation of the Illinois Plan for Program Development for Gifted Children. Information is provided on identification and definition and on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Administrative Organization, Ancillary Services
Maryland State Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore. – 1966
The comprehensive state plan which is reported was developed over an 18-month period by nine cooperating task forces and uses federal, state, and community resources. After an outline of 10 priority recommendations for the state, a general discussion of mental retardation is given which includes estimates of prevalence at city, state, and national…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Needs
Schmitt, Philip J.; And Others – 1968
Data from 258 supervisors of teachers of the deaf who replied to a self administered questionnaire yielded information on the nature of supervisory programs. Of 108 day supervisors (D), 23% were supervisors only while 77% were also either teachers or administrators. One-third reported three-fourths to full time devoted to supervision; one-third…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility
Lynch, William W. – Bulletin of the School of Education, Indiana University, 1967
The teacher and instructional objectives for mentally retarded children are discussed, and traditional bases for objectives are detailed, including treating deficiencies, compensating for deficiencies, training for social competence, teaching the academic tool subjects, and strengthening motivation and self esteem. New bases for instructional…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Harley, Randall K., Jr. – 1963
Forty blind children (ages 6 to 14, IQ's 65 to 132) in residential schools were studied to discover the relationship of verbalism to age, intelligence, experience, and personal adjustment. The children were given 40 selected words to obtain definitions, experience claims, and visually oriented verbalism scores. They then tried to identify items…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Associative Learning, Blindness
Hallenbeck, Phyllis N. – 1967
Emotional reactions to loss of vision were studied with 32 adventitiously blind male subjects of average or higher intelligence, aged 18 to 61 years, who were entering active rehabilitation programs with various agencies. Subjects completed Rokeach's Dogmatism Scale and were interviewed to assess attitudes about blindness. The interviews were…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Anxiety, Attitude Change
