Promotion of the mentally retarded student
Abstract
Scope of Study: The great mass of children have made such progress in school and have so well used the opportunities provided for them, that we have naturally concluded that if any child did not improve himself it was because of viciousness, laziness, or some other trait he could change if he would. We have not realized that many of these children e.re lacking in ability and cannot improve themselves very much academically regardless of their attitude. We must do something to separate out these students so they can compete with students of comparative ability. Promotion is a social as well as an academic problem. How we solve the problem of promotion for the mentally retarded student determines to a large extent the success we well have with all our students. Findings and Conclusions: Promotion is not necessary, but in many cases it has helped to solve many problems. The answer to the problem seems to be in using separate or part-time integrated classrooms for the mentally retarded student. At least in this way he can compete with children of like ability and find a small measure of success. Certainly promotion under these conditions is much less of a problem. Not until all children who deviate from the normal are so examined and classified, and are taught according to their ability to take instruction, will the public-school system be doing its whole duty to all the children enrolled in the schools.
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