Teaching reading to children who are deaf: Do the conclusions of the national reading panel apply?

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-117

  Schirmer, Barbara R ^a   McGough, Sarah M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk readers; Deafness; National Reading Panel; Reading instruction; Struggling readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744371884     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543075001083     Document Type: Review

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