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Coyle, Jennifer; Morrison, Mary; Thomas, Della – pepnet 2, 2017
In 2011, pepnet 2 launched the Deaf Learner Initiative (DLI). The goals of this initiative were to examine the existing paradigms, programs, pedagogy and relevant research related to the educational and vocational needs of deaf learners. The DLI was comprised of a variety of activities including the Deaf Learner Symposium, the creation of three…
Descriptors: Deafness, Young Adults, Hearing Impairments, Evidence Based Practice
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Wang, Yifang; Su, Yanjie; Fang, Ping; Zhou, Qingxia – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Tager-Flusberg and Sullivan (2000) presented a cognitive model of theory of mind (ToM), in which they thought ToM included two components--a social-perceptual component and a social-cognitive component. Facial expression recognition (FER) is an ability tapping the social-perceptual component. Previous findings suggested that normal hearing…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Nonverbal Communication, Deafness, Language Aptitude
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Rudner, Mary; Ronnberg, Jerker – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2008
The working memory model for Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) predicts that processing differences between language modalities emerge when cognitive demands are explicit. This prediction was tested in three working memory experiments with participants who were Deaf Signers (DS), Hearing Signers (HS), or Hearing Nonsigners (HN). Easily nameable…
Descriptors: Semantics, Short Term Memory, Language Processing, Prediction
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Chalifoux, Lisa M. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1991
A. Baddeley's model of the working memory of congenitally deaf persons is examined in light of research on encoding by this population. It is concluded that a model of the working memory of the deaf must include subsystems for articulatory, sign, and visual encoding. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Congenital Impairments, Deafness, Memory
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Tomlinson-Keasey, C.; Kelly, Ronald R. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1974
Deaf children's thought processes are analyzed in regard to J. Piaget's theory of cognitive development. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Exceptional Child Education
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O'Connor, N.; Hermelin, B. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1983
Outlines some problems in using a linear model of information processing for studying learning difficulties in the subnormal and severely subnormal and suggests new paradigms to compensate for these difficulties. (MP)
Descriptors: Autism, Blindness, Cognitive Processes, Deafness