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Kohl, Herb – Teacher, 1977
An elementary teacher uses pictorial symbols to help his students, who speak English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese, to communicate more freely. (RK)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students

Koul, Rajinder K.; Schlosser, Ralf W.; Sancibrian, Sherry – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2001
This article reviews research on the role of symbolic, referent, and instructional variables on the acquisition of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) symbols by individuals with autism and severe speech and language impairments. Two vignettes illustrate findings of the review. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Children
Fredrick, Wayne C.; And Others – 1968
Seventy-two grade 8 students were randomly assigned to one of four experimental groups. One group studied five programed lessons in structural grammar, written without use of symbols or diagrams. A second group studied the same content presented with a symbolic notation to represent the grammar concepts. A third group studied the same content…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 8, Grammar, Language Instruction