For deaf students, accessible classroom design is often provided through external services such a... more For deaf students, accessible classroom design is often provided through external services such as interpreters or speech-to-text providers. An approach based in Universal Design for Learning (UDL), though, seeks to engage students in learning by creating classroom spaces with accessibility integrated into the pedagogical approach. Realizing these goals requires participation from one of the most valuable, yet underused, resources: the students themselves. To that end, this paper examines a student-faculty collaborative approach to increasing accessibility for deaf students in postsecondary classrooms. Results of this study suggest that student observers are able to provide concrete and constructive feedback on strategies to increase classroom accessibility.
Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, and Hearing Students in an Introductory Biology Course: College Readiness, Social Learning Styles, and Success
The maturity and development of students in baccalaureate degree programs has long been of intere... more The maturity and development of students in baccalaureate degree programs has long been of interest to education research, but a focus on their ability to adapt to and transition between programs of study has only recently emerged. As more students with disabilities arrive in postsecondary classrooms, an improved understanding of the factors that contribute to their academic performance is warranted. For this study, the Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Scales (GRSLSS) survey was administered to deaf, hard-of-hearing (DHH) and hearing students in an introductory baccalaureate biology course. This survey measures six different classroom-learning styles: Independent, Dependent, Avoidant, Participant, Collaborative, and Competitive. The DHH student sample included two distinct groups: those admitted directly into a baccalaureate science program and those who first enrolled in a science-focused Associate of Applied Science (AAS) program specifically designed for DHH students who w...
Center for Education Research Partnerships National Technical Institute for the Deaf Rochester Institute of Technology and 52 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New …
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Editor Marc Marschark, PhD. Center for Education Research Partnerships National Technical Institu... more Editor Marc Marschark, PhD. Center for Education Research Partnerships National Technical Institute for the Deaf Rochester Institute of Technology and 52 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 USA [email protected] Fax 585-475-6580
When is a Classifier No Longer a Classifier?
Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 2014
Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1986), pp. 425-441
Writing: Characteristics, Instruction, and Assessment
From Sign to Word: Considering Modality Constraints in ASL/English Bilingual Education
Topics in Language Disorders, Jul 31, 1998
From Sign to Word 17 guage (ASL) as a full-fledged language thai had naturally evolved within the... more From Sign to Word 17 guage (ASL) as a full-fledged language thai had naturally evolved within the deaf com-munity in the United States over a timespan of nearly two centuries (Klima & Bellugi, 1979; Wilbur, 1987). These landmark lin-guistic studies refuted the longstanding ...
The Growth of Segregation in American Schools: Changing Patterns of Separation and Poverty Since 1968
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Marriage and the Baby Carriage: Historical Change and Intergenerational Continuity in Early Parenthood
Negotiating Adolescence in Times of Social Change, 1999
Marriage and the Baby Carriage: Historical Change and Intergenerational Continuity in Early Paren... more Marriage and the Baby Carriage: Historical Change and Intergenerational Continuity in Early Parenthood Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Sara Schley, and Janet Hardy Susie and Johnny sitting in a tree KISSING First comes love, then comes marriage Then comes Susie with a baby ...
Writing: Characteristics, Instruction, and Assessment
Oxford Handbooks Online, 2011
Giving formal definitions: a linguistic or metalinguistic skill?
Language Processing in Bilingual Children, 1991
... 1 CATHERINE E. SNOW, HERLINDA CANCINO, JEANNE DE TEMPLE, and SARA SCHLEY As children go farth... more ... 1 CATHERINE E. SNOW, HERLINDA CANCINO, JEANNE DE TEMPLE, and SARA SCHLEY As children go farther and farther in school, they are required to devote relatively more and more attention to the form as compared to the content of their language ... tu fais ride. ...
shown the test to be reliable between multiple test raters and as a valid measure of writing abil... more shown the test to be reliable between multiple test raters and as a valid measure of writing ability for placement into these courses, changes in curriculum and the rater pool necessitated a new look at interrater reliability and concurrent validity. We evaluated the rating scores for 236 samples from students who entered the college during the fall 2001. Using a multiprong approach, we confirmed the interrater reliability and the validity of this direct measure of assessment. The implications of continued use of this and similar tests in light of definitions of validity, local control, and the nature of writing are discussed.
This article examines the effect that postsecondary education has on earnings and the duration of... more This article examines the effect that postsecondary education has on earnings and the duration of time spent in the Social Security disability programs for young persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Our hypothesis is that investments in postsecondary training increase the likelihood of employment for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and thus reduce dependency on disability-related income support programs. A longitudinal data set based upon records from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and Social Security administrative records is used for this analysis. We find that those who graduate, even those who graduate with vocational degrees, experience significant earnings benefits and reductions in the duration of time spent on federal disability programs when compared with those who do not graduate with a degree. This finding suggests that reductions in the duration of time spent on Social Security programs are not limited to those with the highest level of scholastic aptitude and that investments in post-secondary education can benefit a broad group of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. In addition, the data show that individuals who attend college, but withdraw before graduation, fair no better economically than individuals who never attended college.
This study shows where school segregation is concentrated and where schools remain highly integra... more This study shows where school segregation is concentrated and where schools remain highly integrated. It offers the first national comparison of segregation by community size and reveals that segregation remains high in big cities and serious in mid-size central cities. Many African-American and Latino students also attend segregated schools, in the suburbs of the largest metropolitan areas, while rural areas and small towns, small metropolitan areas, and the suburbs of the mid-size metro areas are far more integrated. States with nore fragmented district structures tend to have higher levels of segregation, particularly in states having relatively small proportioqs of minority students who are concentrated in a few districts. Based on these and other study findings, the country and itE achools are perceived as going through vast changes without any strategy. It appears that the civil rights impulse from the 1960s is dead and racial segregation is reemerging. This report recommends policies to school districts, state government, and federal civil rights and education officials to foster integrated education and to make interracial schools function more effectively. It calls for: (1) resumption of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department; (2) restoration of federal aid for successful integration strategies; (3) basic research on the consequences of segregation by race, ethnicity and poverty; and (4) an examination of the ways in which multiracial education functions most effectively. (G11)
Theoretical issues in sign language research: Vol. 1. Linguistics. D. Fischer Susan and Siple Patricia (Eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Pp. ix +338.Theoretical issues in sign language research: Vol. 2. Psychology. D. Fischer Susan and Siple Patricia (Eds.). Chicago: University ...
Applied Psycholinguistics, 1992
The path to language: Bilingual education for deaf children. D. Bouvet. (Trans. J. E. Johnson). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters, 1990
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