Programed Instruction in Written Language for the Deaf.

The article focuses on the programmed instruction in written language for deaf children. The University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania has initiated a program of research in the special education and rehabilitation of the deaf. A report on some aspects of the first investigation in the program concerned with the written language of the deaf is presented in this article. The findings of the first study has led investigators to the studies reported concerned with programming as a technique in language instruction for the deaf children. The second study has examined the relative effects of programmed and conventional instruction on the acquisition of written language by young children with hearing disorders.