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Scott, Jessica Armytage – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Research has found that, on average, deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students graduate from high school reading at the fourth grade level (Allen, 1986). Additionally, DHH children of deaf parents (Charrow & Fletcher, 1974) and those with strong American Sign Language (ASL) proficiency (Strong & Prinz, 1997) tend to outperform DHH students…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Ziegler, Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The interaction approach to second language acquisition (SLA) suggests that changes that occur during conversation facilitate second language development by providing learners with opportunities to receive modified comprehensible input and interactional feedback, to produce output, and to notice gaps between their interlanguage and the target…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Meta Analysis, Interaction
Dykstra, Jessica Ruth – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Given the rising prevalence rates of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), schools are serving an increasing number of students with ASD (Scull & Winkler, 2011). Researchers have highlighted active engagement as a critical component of effective interventions for students with ASD (National Research Council, 2001), yet there is limited research…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Learner Engagement, Classroom Environment