Donald L Macmillan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5180983 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald L Macmillan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald L |
| FAMILY NAME | Macmillan |
| SIGNATURE | MACMILLAN D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Riverside |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Smoke Wars
As the current debate g rows between energ y development and environmental protection, Donald MacMillan's study of Butte in Progressive Era Montana serves as an important lesson on the relationships between industry, environment, and government. First written as a dissertation on the eve of the 1970s energy crisis that broug ht a new wave of industrial growth and pollution to the state, Smoke Wars was edited following the author's 1996 death and …
The real world of special education
The real world of special education
Effects of instructional set on twelve-year-old children's perception of interruption
Normal and retarded children's expectancy for failure
Sixty normal and 60 retarded children were administered a series of block designs, half of which were interrupted prior to completion. The samples were divided among three instructional conditions. Instructions served to define interruption as success, failure, or neutral. Repetition choice was noted and subjects were asked why certain tasks had not been finished. Interruption was perceived differently by normals and retardates. Retardates percei…
Effects of Motivational and Presentation Conditions on Digit Recall of Children of Differing Socioeconomic, Racial, and Intelligence Groups
Arthur Jensen (1968a, b) has summarized considerable evidence in support of a theoretical position which distinguishes between intelligence and basic learning abilities. Jensen describes basic learning ability as a different, more fundamental, psychological process than intelligence. Tests of basic learning ability are considered to depend relatively little on transfer from previous learning or upon verbal mediation processes; they are, therefore…
Normal and retarded children's expectancy for failure
Sixty normal and 60 retarded children were administered a series of block designs, half of which were interrupted prior to completion. The samples were divided among three instructional conditions. Instructions served to define interruption as success, failure, or neutral. Repetition choice was noted and subjects were asked why certain tasks had not been finished. Interruption was perceived differently by normals and retardates. Retardates percei…
Effects of instructional set on twelve-year-old children's perception of interruption
Normal and retarded children's expectancy for failure
Sixty normal and 60 retarded children were administered a series of block designs, half of which were interrupted prior to completion. The samples were divided among three instructional conditions. Instructions served to define interruption as success, failure, or neutral. Repetition choice was noted and subjects were asked why certain tasks had not been finished. Interruption was perceived differently by normals and retardates. Retardates percei…
Effects of Motivational and Presentation Conditions on Digit Recall of Children of Differing Socioeconomic, Racial, and Intelligence Groups
Arthur Jensen (1968a, b) has summarized considerable evidence in support of a theoretical position which distinguishes between intelligence and basic learning abilities. Jensen describes basic learning ability as a different, more fundamental, psychological process than intelligence. Tests of basic learning ability are considered to depend relatively little on transfer from previous learning or upon verbal mediation processes; they are, therefore…
The real world of special education
The real world of special education
Smoke Wars
As the current debate g rows between energ y development and environmental protection, Donald MacMillan's study of Butte in Progressive Era Montana serves as an important lesson on the relationships between industry, environment, and government. First written as a dissertation on the eve of the 1970s energy crisis that broug ht a new wave of industrial growth and pollution to the state, Smoke Wars was edited following the author's 1996 death and …
Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Disability Education and Employment (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Educational and Psychological Assessments (2 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 work)