A study of the tested differences and correlations in personality and achievement for educable mentally retarded pupils in a segregated and non-segregated group at the Butler-Baker School, Eatonton, Georgia, 1958-1959

Abstract

provide for a family and become a citizen for which the community can be proud* Many authorities feel that the mentally handicapped can best be helped in a group or a special class under a special teacher who has been trained to give him the necessary attention and time that is required for his improvement Therefore, it is important that all citizens have a clear knowledge of the school curriculum, aims and objectives and aid in planning a program that will add greatly to the teaching of the mentally retarded. Evolution of theProblem*--A testing program last year shewed that in a group of retarded (by teachers1 evaluation) the pupils had intelli ence quotients up to and above one-hundred* This year there is a group of retarded children that was determined by the tests administered by psychometrists from the State Department of Education* However, this group is composed of fifteen pupils out of approximately sixty-five in the original group.Thus the writer of this thesis feels that interesting and revealing data to educators and specially to the administration and faculty of the school, will aid in planning a good special education program.Contribution to Educational Thought and Practice.--*Thewriter hopes that the results of this study will be of value to education in that it will show the need for many more available classrooms and teachers in order to take care of the many mentally retarded children.It is the opinion of the writer that this study will serve as a guide to better organization of a program of education for mentally retarded at Butler-Baker School, Eatonton

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