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Adult life adjustment of the Mentally Retarded persons with and without special education were
compared. Problems and prospects of the urban and rural mentally retarded persons were also
studied.
1122.2 For a reappraisal of the concept of intellectual deficiency, pedagogical psychological
typology essay, Dominique Berger, Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres de
LyonUniversité de Lyon II, France
The nosographical vagueness of the concept of slight intellectual deficiency has entailed the
absence of a notional definition. Psychometry and non-analytic psychopathology mark out the
field of deficiency, on the other hand, specialized educational methods and psychoanalysis free us
from them to give the subject’s own history more importance. A new approach to this concept is
therefore likely to provide a better understanding and a more suitable educational treatment and
clearly demonstrate the development of a deficient structuring and point out a psychological
process which strongly fits in with a relation of dependency.
1122.3 The effects of worked example and cognitive guided instruction on arithmetic word
problems, Kevin K H Chung 1 , Yee Hing Tam 2 , 1 Department of Educational Psychology,
Counselling and Learning Needs, Hong Kong, China; 2 The Hong Kong Institute of Education,
Hong Kong, SAR China
This study was conducted to examine factors that influence learning to solve arithmetic word
problems by applying various problem-solving instructions. Three instructions were investigated
using thirty mildly mental handicapped students in Hong Kong: conventional instruction, worked
example-based and cognitive guided instruction. The results indicated that students presented with
worked example-based and cognitive guided instruction outperformed those presented with
conventional instruction. However, it showed no difference between worked example-based and
cognitive guided instruction. Implications for word problem-solving instructions will be discussed.
1122.4 Effects of active music therapy on behavior disorder on mental retardation, Ali Zadeh
Mohammadi, Mahmoud Heidari, Family Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin,
Tehran, Iran
This study examined the effect of active music therapy on the depression, aggression and
withdrawal of society in mental retardation. 30 primary school (MR) randomly assigned in tow
experimental group and a control group. The experimental group was exposed to active music
therapy wherein they participated in the active playing of different musical instruments, singing
and dancing. All participants were rated on the behavior disorder scale before and after the
experiment as the pre and post tests. The main findings is that music therapy has more favorable
effects on the 1) depression, 2) withdrawal from society and 3) aggression.
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Personallity and individual differences
Chair: Kerry Richard Cronan, Australia
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