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Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students' Experiences in Mainstream and Separate Postsecondary Education
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Richardson, John T. E.; Marschark, Marc; Sarchet, Thomastine; Sapere, Patricia – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2010
In order to better understand academic achievement among deaf and hard-of-hearing students in different educational placements, an exploratory study examined the experiences of postsecondary students enrolled in mainstream programs (with hearing students) versus separate programs (without hearing students) at the same institution. The Course…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Deafness, Access to Information, Teaching Methods
Predicting Academic Success among Deaf College Students
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Convertino, Carol M.; Marschark, Marc; Sapere, Patricia; Sarchet, Thomastine; Zupan, Megan – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2009
For both practical and theoretical reasons, educators and educational researchers seek to determine predictors of academic success for students at different levels and from different populations. Studies involving hearing students at the postsecondary level have documented significant predictors of success relating to various demographic factors,…
Descriptors: Deafness, College Students, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables
Learning via Direct and Mediated Instruction by Deaf Students
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Marschark, Marc; Sapere, Patricia; Convertino, Carol; Pelz, Jeff – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2008
Four experiments investigated classroom learning by deaf college students receiving lectures from instructors signing for themselves or using interpreters. Deaf students' prior content knowledge, scores on postlecture assessments of content learning, and gain scores were compared to those of hearing classmates. Consistent with prior research, deaf…
Descriptors: College Students, Deafness, Language Skills, American Sign Language
Learning via Direct and Mediated Instruction by Deaf Students
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Marschark, Marc; Sapere, Patricia; Convertino, Carol; Pelz, Jeff – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2008
Four experiments investigated classroom learning by deaf college students receiving lectures from instructors signing for themselves or using interpreters. Deaf students' prior content knowledge, scores on postlecture assessments of content learning, and gain scores were compared to those of hearing classmates. Consistent with prior research, deaf…
Descriptors: College Students, Deafness, Learning, Deaf Interpreting
Benefits of Sign Language Interpreting and Text Alternatives for Deaf Students' Classroom Learning
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Marschark, Marc; Leigh, Greg; Sapere, Patricia; Burnham, Denis; Convertino, Carol; Stinson, Michael; Knoors, Harry; Vervloed, Mathijs P. J.; Noble, William – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2006
Four experiments examined the utility of real-time text in supporting deaf students' learning from lectures in postsecondary (Experiments 1 and 2) and secondary classrooms (Experiments 3 and 4). Experiment 1 compared the effects on learning of sign language interpreting, real-time text (C-Print), and both. Real-time text alone led to significantly…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Sign Language, Deafness, Experiments
Access to Postsecondary Education through Sign Language Interpreting
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Marschark, Marc; Sapere, Patricia; Convertino, Carol; Seewagen, Rosemarie – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2005
Despite the importance of sign language interpreting for many deaf students, there is surprisingly little research concerning its effectiveness in the classroom. The limited research in this area is reviewed, and a new study is presented that included 23 interpreters, 105 deaf students, and 22 hearing students. Students saw two interpreted…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Postsecondary Education, Program Effectiveness