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Curriculum For A 3 Day Iep Seminar, Stephanie Metzler
Curriculum For A 3 Day Iep Seminar, Stephanie Metzler
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This seminar has been created to teach future teachers, like yourselves, how to create an effective educational plan for students with disabilities, with a strong emphasis on Deaf students.
Feral Child: The Legacy Of The Wild Boy Of Aveyron In The Domains Of Language Acquisition And Deaf Education, Wayne Cayea
Feral Child: The Legacy Of The Wild Boy Of Aveyron In The Domains Of Language Acquisition And Deaf Education, Wayne Cayea
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Language Acquisition has been hotly debated since Chomsky's theory of innate ability in the 1950s. Feral children. i.e.. wild children who grow up in extreme isolation, provide a unique opportunity to study the process of language acquisition. What we can learn can have a major impact on what and how we teach our young students, especially deaf - students whose language development may be delayed. Victor, the Wild Boy of Aveyron, a famous feral child, is the focus of this study. He was discovered in the French wilderness in 1800, after three to eight years alone in the forest. After …
Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Bilingual Approaches, Michelle Johnston
Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Bilingual Approaches, Michelle Johnston
Theses
This literature curriculum unit includes some implements the bilingual strategies (ASL and printed English) to teach deaf students about Poe's short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher." Throughout the curriculum, the students will read, analyze, and interpret the story in primary and secondary languages: ASL and printed English. The bilingual reading and writing processes require the students to read the story in printed English, discuss the literature elements of the story in ASL to decode, interpret and understand the literature elements of this story. The students will go through the writing process to write a h a 1 …
Deaf Japanese-Americans During World War Ii, Mikhael Rosenberg
Deaf Japanese-Americans During World War Ii, Mikhael Rosenberg
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Many teachers are using primary source documents in their social studies classrooms to compliment the standard issued textbooks. Primary sources include, but are not limited to: govenunent documents, pictures, posters, documentaries, and personal interviews. Research shows when teachers use primary sources in their instructions, their students become more engaged with the course. Research shows when teachers use primary sources in their instructions, their students become more engaged with the course. Furthermore, there is a positive correlation between student engagement in the course and student achievement in the class. When historical primary sources related to deaf individuals are used to supplement …
Syntactic Complexity Of Original And Altered Reading Materials, Monica Draiss
Syntactic Complexity Of Original And Altered Reading Materials, Monica Draiss
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As deaf students struggle with a language they cannot hear, the acquisitioin of English in deaf learners is slower than in hearing learners (Berent, 2000). The average deaf 18-year-old graduates with approximately a fourth grade reading level (Traxler, 2000). Therefore, it is imperative for teachers to effectively choose appropriate literature for deaf learners to help them interact more successfully with text. This paper addresses some common challenges deaf readers have with respect to the acquisition of English syntax and how these difficulties affect their reading comprehension. Conjoined sentences and relative clause sentences serve as examples of complex grammatical structures that …
Effectiveness Of Dbq Strategies For Deaf Students In Social Studies Classroom, Sophie-Shifra Gold
Effectiveness Of Dbq Strategies For Deaf Students In Social Studies Classroom, Sophie-Shifra Gold
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Document-based question (DBQ) strategy is considered one of innovative teaching strategies which allow students to learn through real life historical events, demonstrations, and sources. Research has shown that DBQ strategies are effective in any content subject, especially in the social studies content area. DBQ strategies are heavily incorporated in advanced placement courses. There is a growing number of state mandated exams with DBQ items where students are asked to provide in-depth responses. The problem statement of this research study is whether or not DBQ strategies could be used effectively for deaf students at middle and high school academic levels. In …
Successful Deaf Readers: Deaf Professionals' Perspectives On Their Childhood Learning-To-Read Experiences, Sharon Cooke
Successful Deaf Readers: Deaf Professionals' Perspectives On Their Childhood Learning-To-Read Experiences, Sharon Cooke
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The purpose of this project was to discover if there were any common themes or factors that exist, or are perceived to exist, in the childhood reading experiences of successful deaf readers serving as participants in this study. Despite the availability of research concerning poor reading abilities among many deaf children, there has been little exploration into the experiences of successful deaf readers. Through in-depth interviews, detailed information was collected from five deaf adults holding Ph. D. degrees and working in the field of education regarding their learning-to-read experiences. Information was then analyzed and placed in thematic categories related to …