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Peer reviewedRatner, Vivienne – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
The Test of Visual Perceptual Abilities and the Test of Spatial Perception in Sign Language were developed and administered to 682 hearing-impaired students, aged 8-18. Results showed that a significant relationship exists between visual perceptual abilities and the ability to comprehend the essential spatial components of sign language.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
Download full textVan Vuuren, E. – 1995
This brief paper reports on a study of learning disabilities in students with deafness. The study attempted to first determine to what extent deficiencies in communication skills affect the screening of deaf students for learning disabilities and, second, to describe the phenomenon of learning disability in students with deafness. The research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attention Control, Communication Skills
Kemp, Faye, Ed.; And Others – 1988
The proceedings include, after the keynote address by E.M. Childers and the conference agenda, the following papers: "An Additional Handicap: Visual Perceptual Learning Disabilities of Deaf Children" (Vivienne Ratner); "Minimum Competency Testing" (Carl Williams); "Transitional Planning for Hearing Impaired Students in the Mainstream" (Helen…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Community Programs, Curriculum Development, Deaf Interpreting
Baca, Judy Clark, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This book of readings consists of selected papers presented under five topics: (1) Research and Theory--18 papers including research on visual effects on attitude and cognition, students of different field dependence levels, modern and postmodern design on reader perceptions of news, effects of gray shades, short-term memory capacity differences,…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creativity
