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Peer reviewedStall, C. Harmon; Marshall, Philip H. – Sign Language Studies, 1984
A study tested the hypothesis that manual encoding aids learning in the prelingually deaf. Twenty-four adults who used fingerspelling as their primary means of communication participated in two groups of a paired-associate learning paradigm, using eight study-test trial sequences. Those using fingerspelling showed more recall and a faster learning…
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Cognitive Development, Deafness
