Evidence-Based Practice in Educating Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing Students

by Patricia Elizabeth Spencer and Marc Marschark

Book Overview

Debates about methods of supporting language development and academic skills of deaf or hard-of-hearing children have waxed and waned for more than 100 years: Will using sign language interfere with learning to use spoken language or does it offer optimal access to communication for deaf children? Does placement in classrooms with mostly hearing children enhance or impede academic and social-emotional development? Will cochlear implants or other assistive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199735409
• ISBN13: 9780199735402
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"