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Title Deaf cognition : foundations and outcomes / edited by Marc Marschark and Peter C. Hauser
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description xvii, 480 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Perspectives on deafness
Perspectives on deafness ; v. 6
Perspectives on deafness ; v. 6
Perspectives on deafness.
Contents Cognitive underpinnings of learning by deaf and hard-of-hearing students : differences, diversity, and directions / Marc Marschark and Peter C. Hauser -- Changing parameters in deafness and deaf education : greater opportunity but continuing diversity / Greg Leigh -- Efficacy and effectiveness of cochlear implants in deaf children / David B. Pisoni ... [et al.] -- Achieving efficient learning : why understanding theory of mind is essential for deaf children-- and their teachers / Cyril Courtin, Ann-Marie Melot, and Denis Corroyer -- Why considerations of verbal aptitude are important in educating deaf and hard-of-hearing students / C. Tane Akamatsu, Connie Mayer, and Steven Hardy-Braz -- Deafness, numerical cognition, and mathematics / Rebecca Bull -- Deaf children's understanding of inverse relations / Terezinha Nunes ... [et al.] -- Deaf learners and mathematical problem solving / Ronald R. Kelly -- Visual attention in deaf children and adults : implications for learning environments / Matt W.G. Dye, Peter C. Hauser, and Daphne Bavelier -- Visual gaze as a marker of deaf students' attention during mediated instruction / Jeff B. Pelz, Marc Marschark, and Carol Convertino -- Development of deaf and hard-of-hearing students' executive function / Peter C. Hauser, Jennifer Lukomski, and Tara Hillman -- Language comprehension and learning by deaf students / Marc Marschark and Loes Wauters -- A model of learning within an interpreted K-12 educational setting / Brenda Schick -- Approaches to studying among deaf students in higher education / John T.E. Richardson -- A new research agenda for writing-to-learn : embedding cognition in discipline / Lisa Hermsen and Scott V. Franklin -- What we know and what we don't know about cognition and deaf learners / Peter C. Hauser and Marc Marschark
Summary "Deaf Cognition examines the cognitive underpinnings of deaf individuals' learning. It contributes to the science of learning by describing and testing theories that might either over or underestimate the role that audition or vision plays in learning and memory, and by shedding light on multiple pathways for learning."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Deaf -- Education.
Deaf children -- Education.
Hearing impaired children -- Education.
Cognitive learning.
Deaf -- Means of communication.
Author Marschark, Marc.
Hauser, Peter C.
LC no. 2007049330
ISBN 9780195368673 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195368673 (cloth : alk. paper)