In 1968 the author made a comparative study of approaches to the teaching of auditory discrimination to culturally disadvantaged, educable mentally retarded children in exceptional child centers for whom a lesson kit was designed. This article describes rationale for the kit, design of the kit, its use during the research, and use of the kit now that the teachers are no longer operating under the research design.
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