Incidental Learning in Mildly Retarded Children

Authors

Robert A. Fox, Marquette UniversityFollow
Anthony F. Rotatori, Northern Illinois UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

5 p.

Publication Date

1-1980

Publisher

Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Source Publication

Journal of General Psychology

Source ISSN

0022-1309

Abstract

Fifteen mildly retarded children (mean CA = 11 years, MA = 8 years, IQ = 71), including nine males and six females, were compared with the same number of both CA- and MA-matched intellectually normal children, including 14 males and 16 females, on a Type I incidental learning task involving simple recognition and recall skills. The results of this comparison found that the retarded group learned incidentally, as well as the MA-matched normal group, but exhibited significantly poorer incidental learning than the CA-matched normal group. These results supported the hypothesis that an incidental learning deficiency exists for the retarded group compared with the CA-matched intellectually normal children but not with the MA-matched normal children.

Comments

Journal of General Psychology, Vol. 102, No. 1 (January 1980): 121-125. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Fox, Robert A. and Rotatori, Anthony F., "Incidental Learning in Mildly Retarded Children" (1980). College of Education Faculty Research and Publications. 279.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/279