Co-editors, Associate Editors, and Cohort Review Team members for TEACHING Exceptional Children were asked to nominate qualified individuals to identify seminal articles in the area of mental retardation. A panel of 178 persons were identified and asked to select the top five classic works published in the area of mental retardation. This study identifies the top 25 classic contributions in this area from of list of 11,330 citations from ERIC since 1966. Results are discussed in terms of another study that examined seminal contributions in the broader area of special education.
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