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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Narr, Rachel F. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2008
Visual phonics, a system of 45 hand and symbol cues that represent the phonemes of spoken English, has been used as a tool in literacy instruction with deaf/hard-of-hearing (DHH) students for over 20 years. Despite years of anecdotal support, there is relatively little published evidence of its impact on reading achievement. This study was…
Descriptors: Phonics, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Phonological Awareness
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Trezek, Beverly J.; Wang, Ye; Woods, Denyse G.; Gampp, Terri L.; Paul, Peter V. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2007
The purpose of the current study is to expand upon the effectiveness of using Visual Phonics in conjunction with Direct Instruction reading programs (B. J. Trezek & K. W. Malmgren, 2005; B. J. Trezek & Y. Wang, 2006) and to explore the results of utilizing Visual Phonics to supplement another phonics-based reading curriculum for students who are…
Descriptors: Phonics, Visual Aids, Reading Programs, Instructional Effectiveness
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Ansell, Ellen; Pagliaro, Claudia M. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2006
This study determines the relative difficulty and associated strategy use of arithmetic (addition and subtraction) story problems when presented in American Sign Language to primary level (K-3) deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Results showed that deaf and hard-of-hearing students may consider and respond to arithmetic story problems differently…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, American Sign Language, Deafness, Hearing Impairments