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Usefulness of the NTID Communication Profile for Evaluating Deaf Secondary-Level Students.
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Johnson, Donald D.; Kadunc, Nancy J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1980
A project designed to study the feasibility of utilizing the eight components of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Communication Performance Profile for evaluating the receptive and expressive communication skills of deaf secondary level students was conducted on 420 students (ages 11 to 21) at two residential schools for the deaf.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deafness, Diagnostic Tests, Exceptional Child Research
A Language Skills Program for Secondary LD Students.
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Howe, Bill – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1982
A program was developed to increase the receptive and expressive language skills of 24 secondary learning-disabled students. Program units covered word sorting, sight-word vocabulary, key-word reading, reading rate, reading comprehension, listening, and writing. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities
Jamaican Deaf Children Interacting with Written Language: Support for Bilingual Instruction?
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Hall, Winnifred M. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1995
Multilevel analyses compared performances of 12 deaf Jamaican adolescents (ages 15 and 16) and 12 hearing adolescents (ages 13 and 14) on writing, reading, and (for deaf subjects) sign language tasks. The deaf adolescents' ability to express complex ideas in sign language supported the need for use of a bilingual approach to the teaching of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingual Education, Deafness, Expressive Language
Computer-Based Assessment of Word Knowledge in Teens with Learning Disabilities.
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Wiig, Elisabeth H.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1996
Computer-based and standardized administration of the Test of Word Knowledge were compared for 30 adolescent subjects with learning disabilities. The total, receptive, and expressive composites were higher for the standard administration. Results indicated the need for independent norms for computer-based adaptations of standardized language…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Expressive Language, Learning Disabilities, Norm Referenced Tests
Use of Dual Communication Boards at Vocational Sites by Students Who Are Deaf-Blind.
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Heller, Kathryn Wolff; And Others – RE:view, 1996
This study evaluated the effectiveness and desirability of dual communication boards as receptive and expressive forms of communication by 3 deaf-blind students (ages 16-21) in community-based vocational instruction settings. One year after implementation, students and communication partners were successfully using the boards. Use of dual boards…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Deaf Blind
Language, the Learner and the School. Penguin Papers in Education.
Barnes, Douglas – 1969
This book is concerned with language as it is used by the teacher, as it affects the learner, and as it can function to integrate the curriculum. Douglas Barnes, in "Language in the Secondary Classroom," discusses the student-teacher language interaction in 12 sample lessons, and analyzes the importance upon student learning of the languages used…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discovery Processes, English Instruction, Expressive Language
Researching Vocabulary through a Word Knowledge Framework. Word Associations and Verbal Suffixes.
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Schmitt, Norbert; Meara, Paul – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997
English-as-a-Second-Language students in Japan were tested at the beginning and the end of the school year to examine changes in word associations and grammatical suffix knowledge. Results showed an average vocabulary gain of 330 words, a poor knowledge of the allowable suffixes for the verbs learned, and 19 to 25 percentage points more receptive…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Associative Learning, English (Second Language), Expressive Language
Effective Communication. Successful Living Skills.
Oklahoma State Board of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1988
This module on effective communication is one of a series of modules designed to help teach students to become more self-sufficient in their personal and professional lives. This module contains teacher and student materials that are planned to help students become more relaxed, prepared, and confident when using written and verbal communications.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Communication Apprehension, Communication Skills