Are deaf students' reading challenges really about reading?

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-370

  Marschark, Marc ^a,b,c,d   Sapere, Patricia ^b   Convertino, Carol M ^b   Mayer, Connie ^e   Wauters, Loes ^f,g   Sarchet, Thomastine ^b  

^a Center for Education Research

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g Kentalis Pontem R and D   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT; READING; SIGN LANGUAGE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

COMPREHENSION; DEAFNESS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); READING; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SIGN LANGUAGE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 75649121838     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: 15430375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.0.0111     Document Type: Article

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