Deaf and hard of hearing students' performance on arithmetic word problems

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-64

  Hyde, Merv ^a   Zevenbergen, Robyn ^a   Power, Des ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH; STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MATHEMATICS; PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DEAFNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0038507622     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2003.0003     Document Type: Article

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