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ERIC Number: EJ036537
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1970
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Reactions to Physical and Social Distracters by Moderately Retarded Institutionalized Children
Turnure, James E.
Journal of Special Education, 4, 3, 283-94, Sum-F 70
Studies reported showed retarded children less inattentive and distractible than the literature has suggested, and suggested that increased non-task orientations (glancing) in the presence of an adult might best be interpreted as information seeking rather than evidence of distractibility. (Author/KW)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Exceptional Child Research, Goal Orientation, Information Seeking, Mental Retardation
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