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Peer reviewedPecyna, Paula M. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1988
A severely handicapped four-year-old with Down syndrome received training in comprehension and expressive use of Rebus symbols representing new words and generalization of symbol use to the classroom. Significant increases in comprehension and expression scores and generalized symbol use occurred. Development of verbal expressive skills were also…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Skills, Comprehension, Downs Syndrome
Acredolo, Linda; Goodwyn, Susan – 1996
Based on research in infant sign language, this book teaches parents methods of communicating with their infants through the use of simple bodily movements that signify objects, events, and needs. Noting that communication between parent and child can flourish between 9 months and 30 months, when a baby's desire to communicate outstrips the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Body Language, Child Language, Communication Skills
Peer reviewedCiochine, John G.; Polivka, Grace – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Describes the use of writing activities as tools for teaching mathematics while helping students develop communication and reasoning skills. Writing takes the form of formal essays about mathematical problems, writing to prompts, or focused journal writing. Students learn to clarify, refine, and consolidate thinking. Children learn mathematics…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Content Area Writing, Cues, Instructional Innovation
