This article suggests that a Piagetian approach to education of the deaf can be applied to understanding what occurs as a deaf child comes to a point of knowledge. The article reviews current research on the relationship between language acquisition and cognitive development, and applies this research to education of deaf children. (Author/JDD)

Kindergarten children differ in how close they are to becoming readers and writers. A study investigated the dictated and handwritten materials of 24 kindergarten children. In each of two sessions, three language productions were obtained: a told story, a dictated story, and a handwritten story. Additionally, samples of rereading and editing were…

This document provides an overview, in table form, of research pertaining to the effects of reading aloud to preschool children, and stresses the important benefits that reading aloud to children has on language development, reading interest, and social attitudes and values. A reference list is included to allow teachers to locate the 12 original…