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The document discusses slow learners or backward children with IQs between 70-85. It defines general and specific backwardness. General backwardness refers to a child whose IQ and educational achievement are below 85 due to innate mental disability. Specific backwardness means a child's attainment is significantly below their intelligence, so they are not working to their full capacity. The characteristics of backward children are having a mental age smaller than their chronological age, low educational attainment compared to their abilities, inability to keep pace in class, and falling behind peers in studies. Causes of backwardness include physical/physiological factors, intellectual factors, family factors, school factors, and social factors.

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The document discusses slow learners or backward children with IQs between 70-85. It defines general and specific backwardness. General backwardness refers to a child whose IQ and educational achievement are below 85 due to innate mental disability. Specific backwardness means a child's attainment is significantly below their intelligence, so they are not working to their full capacity. The characteristics of backward children are having a mental age smaller than their chronological age, low educational attainment compared to their abilities, inability to keep pace in class, and falling behind peers in studies. Causes of backwardness include physical/physiological factors, intellectual factors, family factors, school factors, and social factors.

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Alexis Gem P.

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BEED 2 Evening

Pedu 205

What is the description of slow learner or backward children with an I.Q. of 70 – 85 ?

- Below the level of their natural abilities.


- Educational Defieciency
- Reasoning ability is inferior to normal children.
- Term backwardness is used to denote any children who does not progress at a rate
corresponding to his abilities.
How was Berton Hart and Burt described backward child?

“The Backward child is one who is unable to do the work of the cases where there
educational attainments are lower than what they are capable of.”

What are the characteristics of backward children? Explain each.

- Mental age is smaller than chronological age.


- Low educational attainment than what he is capable of.
- Cannot keep pace with the class even in one subject or in all subject.
- His educational attainment falls below his natural abilities.
- He falls behind other children of his age in matter of study.
- He is necessarily a failure in the academic field.

Differentiate general backwardness and specific backwardness? Explain each.

General backwardness would have been described as a condition of innate mental disability; a child
would be generally backward if his I.Q fell below a defined level (say 85), as would his educational
achievement- because achievement cannot exceed his innate capacity.

Specific backwardness would have been defined as retardation, meaning that a specifically
backward child's attainment fell significantly below the level of his intelligence. He would have been
a child who was “not working up to capacity” that is, he would be educationally backward, but not
necessarily dull.

What are the causes of backwardness? Explain each.

- Physical and Physiological factors

While physical and physiological both refer to bodies, physical means the body itself while
physiological refers to the body's functions. Both physical and physiological characteristics
are important in understanding development, effects, addictions and traits among humans
and all other species.
- Intellectual Factors

Intellectual factor: The term refers to the individual mental level. Success in school is
generally closely related to level of the intellect. Pupils with low intelligence often
encounter serious difficulty in mastering schoolwork. Sometimes pupils do not learn
because of special intellectual disabilities.

- Family Factor

Several family factors can affect a child's behavior and ability to perform in the
classroom. These include economic stability, changes in family relationships,
parental attitudes toward education and incidents of child abuse.

- School Factor

The four school conditions for learning include physical and emotional health and
safety; sense of belonging, connectedness, and support; academic challenge and
engagement; and social and emotional competence for students and adults

- Social Factor

The social environment influences learning by creating a language environment and


an experience environment which stimulate the mind to grow, and by systematically
rewarding a child for learning.

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