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Ghari, Zohreh – Sign Language Studies, 2017
In 1924 Jabbar Baghcheban created a manual system that employed the phonetic characteristics of spoken Persian and Perso-Arabic orthography for use in the education of deaf students (Ibrahimi 2007). This article is a first exploration of variation and change in this system as it has evolved into the Iranian manual alphabet. Data on the…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Phonetics, Semitic Languages, Indo European Languages
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Carr, Edward G.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1978
Four nonverbal autistic children (10-15 years old) were taught expressive sign labels for common objects, using a training procedure that consisted of prompting, fading, and stimulus rotation. (Author/BD)
Descriptors: Autism, Cues, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
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Marshal Gentry, M.; Chinn, K. M.; Moulton, R. D. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2005
The purpose of the study was to assess the relative effectiveness of print, sign, and pictures in the transfer of reading-related information to children who are deaf. By means of personal computers, deaf children were presented CD-ROM-generated stories in four different formats: print only, print plus pictures, print plus sign language, and print…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Reading Materials, Deafness, Reading Comprehension