The relative difficulty of signed arithmetic story problems for primary level deaf and hard-of-hearing students

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-170

  Ansell, Ellen ^a   Pagliaro, Claudia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGN LANGUAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645150292     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enj030     Document Type: Article

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