A Review of Research: Reading and the Educable Mentally Handicapped
- 1 November 1970
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Exceptional Children
- Vol. 37 (3) , 187-200
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001440297003700302
Abstract
This paper reviews the literature dealing with the importance of reading to educable mentally handicapped (EMH) children, the characteristics of EMH children which influence the acquisition of reading skills, and current approaches to teaching reading to the mentally handicapped. The implications of this research to the teaching of reading are summarized.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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