A "Hole in One" for Communication: Geometry Project Lines Up Math Skills and Hearing/Deaf Cooperation.

Pleiss, Luta

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Publication Date: 1998

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A "Hole in One" for Communication: Geometry Project Lines Up Math Skills and Hearing/Deaf Cooperation.

Pleiss, Luta

Perspectives in Education and Deafness, v17 n2 p6-9 Nov-Dec 1998

Describes a cooperative-learning project of the Kansas School for the Deaf and a nearby public high school. Students first participated in a workshop on visual-gestural communication and then met together daily for two weeks to design and build their 4' by 8' miniature golf "greens". Goals of communication, cooperative learning, leadership development, and academics were achieved. (DB)

Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Cooperation, High Schools, Interpersonal Communication, Leadership Training, Manual Communication, Mathematics Skills, Social Integration, Special Schools, Student Projects, Teamwork

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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