What really matters in the early literacy development of deaf children

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-431

  Mayer, Connie ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HANDWRITING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH;

ART; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEAFNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH;

EID: 34548610245     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enm020     Document Type: Review

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