Deaf students' learning will be subject of June event

From: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA - May 16, 2007

Staff report

(May 16, 2007) — An international conference to examine how deaf and hard-of-hearing students learn is planned for June 21 - 22 at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

Educators of the deaf are expected to attend from around the world.

The conference is co-sponsored by Oxford University Press and is supported by a $149,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

Registration is $125 for non-students or $50 for students. More information can be found at http://www.ntid.rit.edu/CognitiveUnderpinnings.

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