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"Show-Me Bedtime Reading'" An Unusual Study of the Benefits of Reading to Deaf Children.

Rogers, Deborah – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1989

Nine primary-age children at a residential school for the deaf were read bedtime stories using a Total Communication approach. Every child subsequently demonstrated growth on each of several language assessments, including language comprehension and expressive language. (JDD)

Descriptors: Deafness, Language Acquisition, Parent Participation, Primary Education

Ownership, Risk-Taking, and Collaboration in an Elementary Language Arts Classroom.

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Sturdivant, Cynthia – Volta Review, 1992

A teacher of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students with deafness in a residential school shares methods and activities found to be effective. The methods stress the importance of expectations for learners, ways that design of the learning environment can encourage student ownership, risk taking, and responsibility. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Deafness, Educational Methods