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Vlasios Kasapakis; Elena Dzardanova; Spyros Vosinakis; Androniki Agelada – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Non-Verbal Cues (NVCs) add to communication effectiveness among individuals in both real and virtual world. Thus, NVCs transference between the two receives increased attention from both the industry and research community. Their efforts lead to sophisticated technological solutions which allow high fidelity NVCs to be transferred from real…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Cues, Computer Simulation
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Pasetto, Silmara Cristina; Barreiros, João Manuel Pardal; Corrêa, Umberto Cesar; Freudenheim, Andrea Michele – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
This study investigated the effects of visual and kinaesthetic instructional cues separately and in combination on the learning of motor skills by individuals with deafness. In addition, whether the mastery level of sign language would affect motor skill learning was also investigated. The task was dart throwing. The sample consisted of 69…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Elementary School Students, Cues
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Leala Holcomb – Sign Language Studies, 2024
This investigation aimed to explore the feasibility of implementing the strategic and interactive signing instruction (SISI) framework and its potential to enhance the signed composition skills of four deaf students in a first/second-grade classroom. SISI was adapted from the existing strategic and interactive writing instruction (SIWI) framework…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Deafness, Teaching Methods, Grade 1
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Geer, Leah C.; Keane, Jonathan – Language Teaching Research, 2018
Students acquiring American Sign Language (ASL) as a second language (L2) struggle with fingerspelling comprehension more than skilled signers. These L2 learners might be attempting to perceive and comprehend fingerspelling in a way that is different from native signers, which could negatively impact their ability to comprehend fingerspelling.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Finger Spelling, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mirus, Gene; Napoli, Donna Jo – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2019
Encouraging relaxed and playful interaction over stories naturally fosters language interaction and both preliteracy [hereafter (pre)literacy skills] and literacy without anxiety. Reading for pleasure is valuable for young hearing children -- we know that, it is among the most beloved family rituals. In this article we argue that reading for…
Descriptors: Deafness, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Recreational Reading
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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