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A Study of the Ability of Day-Class Deaf Adolescents to Comprehend Factual Information Using Four Communication Modalities
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Newell, William – American Annals of the Deaf, 1978
Twenty-eight deaf adolescents enrolled in a day-class program for the hearing impaired were administered a battery of four short factual stories using oral, manual, simultaneous, and interpreted modalities of communication. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comprehension, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
A Self-Instruction Lab for Developing Communication Skills of Deaf Post-Secondary Students at NTID.
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McQuay, Kandy Connell; Coscarelli, Lenore Spagnuolo – American Annals of the Deaf, 1980
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) uses a unique, individualized, Self-Instruction Lab to improve students' communication skills. The lab provides students with supplemental independent classroom practice that helps lessen time demands for the teacher. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Communication Skills, Deafness, Individual Instruction
Teaching Spanish to the Deaf.
Munoz-Strizver, Nancy – 1975
Conversational Spanish is taught to hearing-impaired adolescents at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) through the use of cued speech. This paper provides an explanation of this mode of instruction and a description of the Spanish program at MSSD. The students learn the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Cued…
Descriptors: Cued Speech, Deafness, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Filling the Gap: A Manual for Integrating the Deaf Adult into Adult Basic Education Classes.
Haffner, Richard; And Others – 1992
Based on a program developed to help the integration of deaf persons into the world of work, this manual is intended to familiarize adult basic education (ABE) teachers with the special needs of deaf persons. Information is provided to answer questions such as: (1) What is so different about deaf students? (2) What is "deaf culture"? (3)…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Basic Education, American Sign Language, Classroom Techniques
The Deaf Student in Your Class: An Index to Problems, Solutions and Shortcuts, and Practical Information About Deaf People, for College and High School Instructors.
Goodman, Michael J. – 1978
The guide is organized to serve as a ready-reference tool for teachers with deaf students in their classes. Topics covered are arranged alphabetically and present effective classroom techniques, basic information about deafness, and typical behavior and problems of deaf students. These include: answering deaf students' questions in class;…
Descriptors: Deaf Interpreting, Deafness, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
The Education of Deaf Children: The Possible Place of Finger Spelling and Signing.
Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1968
The results of study in England and Wales to determine the place of fingerspelling and signing in deaf education are reported. The scope and procedure of the inquiry, its context, the meaning of terms, the linguistic quality methods of communication, variable factors likely to affect the attainments of children with impaired hearing, and present…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Education, Exceptional Child Education
A Study of the Feasibility of Using Television to Teach Child Psychology to the Acoustically Handicapped. Final Report.
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Shurtz, Richard R. – 1968
Conventional methods are inadequate for teaching deaf people, especially at college level. In order to determine whether television would be more effective, several factors needed to be investigated. Priority was given to the design of the instructional program. A multisensory method (the simultaneous method) was adopted. Tests showed that the…
Descriptors: Child Psychology, College Programs, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness