The design of a software to enhance the reading comprehension skills of deaf students: An integration of multiple theoretical perspectives

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-185

  Nikolaraizi, Magda ^a   Vekiri, Ioanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Concept maps; Deaf students; Greek Sign Language; Multimedia design; Pictures; Reading; Special education; Visual resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856529588     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-011-9152-1     Document Type: Article

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