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Peer reviewedLivingston, Sue – American Annals of the Deaf, 1986
The article stresses the importance of teaching deaf children to think and learn through the development of meaning-making and meaning-sharing capacities. Classroom practices should thus be content focused and actively engage students in American Sign Language to develop general literacy. (CL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Educational Philosophy
