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Chronological Age as a Factor in Motor Learning in the Mentally Retarded

The problem investigated is that of determining if there are differences in the ability of mentally retarded persons over age 21 to learn motor skills as opposed to those under 21. Data were gathered at the Denton State School on 110 subjects.
The first chapter is concerned with the theoretical background, purpose, and the hypothesis. The second chapter contains information on subjects, materials, method, and statistical treatment. The third chapter covers presentation and discussion of the data, and the fourth chapter includes the summary, conclusions and recommendations.
Results of the study indicated that there were few differences between the two groups. Future studies should be run with samples from individual age groups extending from 6 through 21. This would be realistic in establishing a motor learning curve for this population.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663241
Date05 1900
CreatorsFarrar, William Howard
ContributorsHaynes, Jack Read, Kennelly, Kevin J.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formativ, 35 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Farrar, William Howard, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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