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Valerie Sutton Date: Mon May 10, 1999 2:29 pm Subject: Re: A Question I Can't Answer... | |
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Thanks, Ben!! I will forward this to her too :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Capirci, O; Cattani, A; Rossini, P; Volterra, V (Spring 1998). "Teaching >Sign Language to Hearing Children as a Possible Factor in Cognitive >Enhancement," Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education (Oxford University >Press), 3(2):135-142. > >The article compares two matched groups of elementary school children in >Italy. One group is taught Sign Language, the other is not. Those who were >taught Sign showed enhanced cognitive abilities without the same level of >drop after vacations. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Ben Karlin >Staff Interpreter for the Deaf, St Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org The DAC, Deaf Action Committee for SW Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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