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Download full textPetra M. Horn-Marsh; Adele Ann Eberwein; M. Diane Clark; Ashley Greene – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2023
This article describes how teaching deaf students to read has been challenging and contentious, yet, one crucial attribute to developing reading skills is early exposure to American Sign Language (ASL). ASL seemed to serve as a bridge to achieving English literacy and academic success partly because early use of ASL enables deaf students to…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Barriers, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Peer reviewedWatkins, Susan; Pittman, Paula; Walden, Beth – American Annals of the Deaf, 1998
Describes the Deaf Mentor Experimental Project, which provided deaf-mentor services to young deaf children, ages 0 to 5, and their families. Deaf adults (mentors) shared their language (American Sign Language), culture, and personal knowledge of deafness while serving as role models for the children. Program children made greater language gains…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Development, Cultural Background, Culturally Relevant Education
Johnson, Robert E.; And Others – 1989
The paper documents the "failure" of deaf education and proposes a model program for the education of deaf children. Reasons given for this failure include lack of linguistic access to curricular content and the cycle of low expectations. Early acquisition of American Sign Language (ASL) is encouraged both to develop cognitive skills and improve…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), American Sign Language, Child Development, Cognitive Development
