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Peer reviewedHedrick, Wanda B.; Katims, David S.; Carr, Norma J. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1999
Nine elementary students with mild to moderate mental retardation were taught to use a balanced, multimethod, multilevel language arts framework that blended phonics and basal instruction with holistic and contextualized approaches. Children made gains in word identification and reading comprehension strategies, metalinguistics, written language,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Holistic Approach, Literacy, Mild Mental Retardation
