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Deaf Infants, Early Intervention, and Language Acquisition.
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Robinshaw, Helen M. – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Provides an overview of how early identification and intervention for hearing impairment may benefit deaf infants' acquisition of symbolic language. Concludes that the role of the caregiver is central to the planning and success of early intervention programs for infants with deafness. (MDM)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Caregiver Role, Communication Skills, Deafness
"You Can't Have a Cake unless It's Written Down": Semiotic Activity and Authentic Learning in Play as a Potential Tool for Analysis.
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Cook, Deirdre M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Explores young children's mark-making in a domestic play setting. Suggests mark-making indicates aspects of the relationship between semiotic and conceptual development. Focuses on contexts in which mark-making occurs and on the authenticity of the learning events in which children participate. (DLH)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures