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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
Crume, Peter Kirk – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation study seeks to understand how teachers who work in an ASL/English bilingual educational program for preschool children conceptualize and utilize phonological instruction of American Sign Language (ASL). While instruction that promotes phonological awareness of spoken English is thought to provide educational benefits to young…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Phonology, Teaching Methods, English