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Peer reviewedBrady, Nancy C.; McLean, Lee K. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
This study examined representational matching to sample with 68 subjects with severe mental retardation. Participants differed in their expressive communication and included symbolic (speaking) individuals, distal-gesture users, and contact-gesture users. Contact-gesture users performed significantly more poorly on identical matching to sample…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Body Language, Discrimination Learning, Expressive Language
Peer reviewedDaniels, Marilyn – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1997
Tracked one prekindergarten teacher's experience to determine whether a relationship exists between student outcomes and a teacher's ability to use sign language. Found enriching preschool curriculum with sign language improves hearing African American children's receptive English vocabulary and confirms research that simultaneously presenting…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Black Students, English Instruction
