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Peer reviewedDaniels, Marilyn – Sign Language Studies, 1994
Some 76 hearing children in prekindergarten classes, half receiving sign instruction and half not, were tested on English vocabulary acquisition. Children who received the sign instruction scored significantly higher on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test than children receiving sign instruction. (Contains 15 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis
