Predicting academic success among deaf college students

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-343

  Convertino, Carol M ^a   Marschark, Marc ^a,b   Sapere, Patricia ^a   Sarchet, Thomastine ^a   Zupan, Megan ^c  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c New York School for the Deaf

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIGN LANGUAGE; UNIVERSITY;

COMMUNICATION; DEAFNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); SIGN LANGUAGE; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449092114     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enp005     Document Type: Article

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