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Peer reviewedYoshinaga-Itano, Christine; Downey, Doris M. – Volta Review, 1992
The Colorado Process Analysis of the Written Language of Hearing-Impaired Children assesses the semantic characteristics of expressive written language narratives prepared by beginning writers. The validity of the instrument was examined with 284 children (ages 7-21), indicating that the model does identify characteristics that are critical to the…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Hearing Impairments, Semantics, Story Grammar
Peer reviewedYoshinaga-Itano, Christine – Topics in Language Disorders, 1986
A model for studying written language is described and illustrated in a written language sample of a 12-year-old with profound hearing impairment. Approaches are noted for analyzing semantic components, coherence, and causality. Implications for remediation are offered. (CL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Peer reviewedYoshinaga-Itano, Christine; Downey, Doris M. – Volta Review, 1996
Studies of the written language of students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing addressed, among other topics, level of reading skills, development of language skills after age 12, and evidence of a critical age for language learning. Data collection methods, research outcomes, and an overview of other articles in the theme issue are discussed. (CR)
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Partial Hearing
Peer reviewedYoshinaga-Itano, Christine; And Others – Volta Review, 1996
The compositions of 49 students (ages 10-14) with deafness or hearing impairments and 49 typical students were compared to investigate the frequency and proportional distribution of written-language variables. Differences were found between the strategies chosen by the students with deafness or hearing impairments in both syntax and semantics and…
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Partial Hearing
Peer reviewedYoshinaga-Itano, Christine; Downey, Doris M. – Volta Review, 1996
This introduction to Section 1, Part 2 of the theme issue discusses a study that investigated the story-grammar propositions of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Results found that over 50% of the students could not produce the minimal components of a good story. The processes of story production are explained, including schemata…
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Metacognition
Peer reviewedYoshinaga-Itano, Christine; Downey, Doris M. – Volta Review, 1996
A series of studies on 474 Colorado students (ages 7-18) with hearing impairments investigated the use of inference and elaboration, sequencing, and story-grammar strategies. The use of eight types of sequence/connection/cohesion strategies was examined. Results found that different strategies predominate depending on participants' age and degree…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Metacognition
Peer reviewedYoshinaga-Itano, Christine; Downey, Doris M. – Volta Review, 1996
This study of 461 Colorado students (ages 7-18) with deafness or partial hearing investigated the students' psychoeducational development by age and hearing loss, including syntactic comprehension and production, reading comprehension, social maturity, speech intelligibility, and math calculation skills. Traditional standardized measures of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Mathematics Skills
Peer reviewedYoshinaga-Itano, Christine; And Others – Volta Review, 1996
Discusses three studies: (1) the effectiveness of semantic analyses of written narratives of students with hearing losses in determining language ability; (2) written-language characteristics of writers matched by reading abilities alone and matched by reading ability and age; and (3) written-language characteristics of writers with hearing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
