Academic Literacy for Deaf Postsecondary Students through Integrated Reading and Writing Instruction

Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Developing Reading and Writing

Evaluating deaf students' readiness to meet the English language and literacy demands of postsecondary educational programs.

The purpose of this study was to investigate alternative methods for evaluating deaf students' readiness to meet the English language and literacy demands of postsecondary educational programs. In the first part of the study, scores obtained by a large sample of deaf students on the ACT Assessment (ACT Composite score and scores on the ACT English and Reading tests) were compared to their score...

Spatial Literacy: Reading (and Writing) Game Space

Conventions of Spatial Literacy Conventions in media serve as a kind of shorthand between creator and audience: In order to understand and enjoy novels, films, theaters, audiences must be able to “read” the conventions of these media. Though early filmgoers did not understand that the train coming toward them in the Lumiere Brothers’ L'Arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat (1895) was merely a projecte...

Vocabulary Knowledge of Deaf and Hearing Postsecondary Students.

Deaf children generally are found to have smaller English vocabularies than hearing peers, although studies involving children with cochlear implants have suggested that the gap may decrease or disappear with age. Less is known about the vocabularies of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) postsecondary students or how their vocabulary knowledge relates to other aspects of academic achievement. This ...

the effects of collaborative strategic reading and direct instruction in persuasion on iranian second grade of high school students persuasive writing and attitudes

this study examined the effects of collaborative strategic reading and direct instruction in persuasion on iranian high school students persuasive writing and attitudes. students in three intact classes were assigned to one of three treatment conditions: collaborative strategic reading and direct instruction in persuasion or direct instruction in persuasion or a control group. treatment effects...