Test-taking skills: A missing component of deaf students' curriculum

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-43

  Lasasso, Carol J ^a  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURRICULUM; DEAFNESS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; TEACHING;

EID: 0033092910     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2012.0194     Document Type: Article

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