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Direct linkHiggins, Jennifer A.; Famularo, Lisa; Cawthon, Stephanie W.; Kurz, Christopher A.; Reis, Jeanne E.; Moers, Lori M. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2016
The U.S. federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was enacted with goals of closing achievement gaps and providing all students with access to equitable and high-quality instruction. One requirement of ESSA is annual statewide testing of students in grades 3-8 and once in high school. Some students, including many deaf or hard-of-hearing (D/HH)…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Guidelines, Elementary Secondary Education, Access to Education
Haptonstall-Nykaza, Tamara S.; Schick, Brenda – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2007
Fingerspelling is an integral part of American Sign Language (ASL) and it is also an important aspect of becoming bilingual in English and ASL. Even though fingerspelling is based on English orthography, the development of fingerspelling does not parallel the development of reading in hearing children. Research reveals that deaf children may…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Training Methods, Graphemes, Deafness
Peer reviewedGoldstein, Gayle; Bebko, James M. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
This article describes development of the Profile of Multiple Language Proficiencies (PMLP), a measure of both English and American Sign Language skills in deaf children. The PMLP showed reasonable initial reliability and appears to be an easy-to-use measure. Discussion addresses issues that influence the reliability and validity in evaluating…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Students, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLaSasso, Carol; Lollis, Jana – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
A survey of 71 day and residential schools found 19 identified themselves as bilingual-bicultural (BiBi) programs. Of the 19 programs, 37% reported use of manually coded English. Fluency in American Sign Language of instructional and support staff varied, with 47% reporting no more than half of instructional staff were fluent. (Contains…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education Programs, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedMaxwell, Madeline M.; Doyle, Jeanne – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 1996
As most deaf individuals experience two languages (American Sign Language, English) and three modalities (sign, speech, print), this article describes code variations and adaptations in particular situations at a school for the deaf. Most language was mixed in both code and mode; such mixing was seen to be a strategy which uniquely adapts…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Communication (Thought Transfer)
