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Title
Benefits of sign language interpreting and text alternatives for deaf students' classroom learning
Author/Creator
Marschark, Mark;  Leigh, Greg;  Sapere, Patricia;  Burnham, Denis;  Convertino, Carol;  Stinson, Michael;  Knoors, Harry;  Vervloed, Mathijs P. J.;  Noble, William
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Education
Description
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 higher performance by deaf students than the other two conditions, but performance by deaf students in all conditions was significantly below that of hearing peers who saw lectures without any support services. Experiment 2 compared interpreting and two forms of real-time text, C-Print and Communication Access Real-Time Translation, at immediate testing and after a 1-week delay (with study notes). No significant differences among support services were obtained at either testing. Experiment 3 also failed to reveal significant effects at immediate or delayed testing in a comparison of real-time text, direct (signed) instruction, and both. Experiment 4 found no significant differences between interpreting and interpreting plus real-time text on the learning of either new words or the content of television programs. Alternative accounts of the observed pattern of results are considered, but it is concluded that neither sign language interpreting nor real-time text have any inherent, generalized advantage over the other in supporting deaf students in secondary or postsecondary settings. Providing deaf students with both services simultaneously does not appear to provide any generalized benefit, at least for the kinds of materials utilized here.
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Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Vol. 11, Issue 4, p. 421-437
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enl013
Date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Keyword(s)
sign language;  deaf students;  interpretation;  text alternatives
Resource Type
journal article
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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/34588
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ISSN:1081-4159
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