Social Comparison Choices of Mainstreamed Academically Handicapped Children

Eleven academically handicapped and 18 nonhandicapped members of a fourth-grade class participated in an auditing procedure in which they audited their own performance and that of all classmates on daily arithmetic assignments. Handicapped students on the average audited classmates more often (altho...

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Published inJournal of Special Education Vol. 19; no. 3; p. 345
Main Authors Meisel, C. Julius, Shaeffer, Bernice
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1985
Subjects
Arithmetic
Comparative Analysis
Elementary Education
Learning Disabilities
Mainstreaming
Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Summary:Eleven academically handicapped and 18 nonhandicapped members of a fourth-grade class participated in an auditing procedure in which they audited their own performance and that of all classmates on daily arithmetic assignments. Handicapped students on the average audited classmates more often (although not signficantly more so) than nonhandicapped peers. (Author/CL)