Accessing The National Literacy Strategy: The use of Moon with Children in the United Kingdom with a Visual Impairment and Additional Learning Difficulties by Steve McCall and Mike McLinden
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Accessing The National Literacy Strategy: The use of Moon with Children in the United Kingdom with a Visual Impairment and Additional Learning Difficulties by Steve McCall and Mike McLinden
This Paper reports on the initial results of an investigation of the use of the Moon code by children in schools in England and Wales. It took place in 1998 and is part of an on-going study of the use of Moon by children which commenced in 1992. The Paper presents some of the key findings and considers their implications for the implementation of the National Literacy Strategy.
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