A Group Storybook-Reading Intervention with Children at a Residential School for the Deaf.

Gillespie, Catherine Wilson; Twardosz, Sandra

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Publication Date: 1997

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A Group Storybook-Reading Intervention with Children at a Residential School for the Deaf.

Gillespie, Catherine Wilson; Twardosz, Sandra

American Annals of the Deaf, v142 n4 p320-32 Oct 1997

A study involving 18 children (ages 4-11) at a residential school for students with deafness found that children who participated in group storybook reading twice each week for 5 months performed more independently on an emergent reading task and were more interested in books than children in the control group. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Deafness, Elementary Education, Group Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Literacy, Reading Interests, Reading Strategies, Residential Schools, Story Reading

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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