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Reception of Mothers' Referential Messages by Deaf and Hearing Children.
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MacKay-Soroka, Sherri; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Examined were message-receiving skills of schoolchildren in relation to their mother's messages. Participants were hearing children four, six, and eight years of age and deaf children six to 10 years of age. Findings revealed that mothers achieved high levels of communicative success with their six- and eight-year-old hearing children but…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Communication (Thought Transfer)
The Pragmatic Skills of Profoundly Deaf Children.
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Jeanes, R. C.; Nienhuys, T. G. W. M.; Rickards, F. W. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2000
This study investigated the ability of two groups of profoundly deaf students (N=40 and ages 8, 11, 14, and 17), using either oral or signed communication, to employ pragmatic skills required for effective face-to-face interactions. Notable differences in pragmatic skills were found between the groups and between deaf and normal hearing students.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Communication Skills
Identical and Reverse Visual Pattern Recognition in Deaf Children.
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Bragman, Ruth; Hardy, Robert – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1979
Describes a study that investigated the development of pattern recognition and pattern reversal in 20 deaf children aged six through eight and its relation to age of exposure to a gestural symbol system. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness