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Skuy, Mervyn; And Others – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1990
This study investigated the relationship between temperament and cognitive modifiability with 92 academically successful but disadvantaged Black South African adolescents. The Task Orientation and Personal-Social Flexibility temperament dimensions were directly related to learning, academic performance, and cognitive change. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Black Students, Cognitive Psychology
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Skuy, Mervyn; Partington, Hazel – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1990
The present status and emerging changes in special education services in South Africa are discussed. The effects of apartheid in providing inadequate services to Black children with handicaps and conceptually antiquated services to White children are stressed. Innovative solutions are encouraged to provide services to the large number of children…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Change