The transition from fingerspelling to english print: Facilitating english decoding

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-183

  Haptonstall Nykaza, Tamara S ^a   Schick, Brenda ^b  

^a School for the Blind   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL FACILITATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33947096982     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enm003     Document Type: Article

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