Descriptor
| Finger Spelling | 4 |
| Sign Language | 4 |
| Manual Communication | 3 |
| Deafness | 2 |
| Primary Education | 2 |
| Reading Instruction | 2 |
| Teaching Methods | 2 |
| Adults | 1 |
| Alphabets | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| ERIC Publications | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 4 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textMayberry, Rachel; Waters, Gloria S. – 1987
To test three hypotheses concerning fingerspelling's contribution to word recognition, 24 deaf children in three age groups (7-9, 10-12, and 13-15 years) were administered a vocabulary recognition test and a lexical decision task. Subjects' performance was measured by the number of words accurately identified and the response latency. Results did…
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Finger Spelling, Sight Vocabulary
Peer reviewedVernon, McCay; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
The authors describe the results from a study using sign language and the manual alphabet to improve spelling skills of learning disabled second graders. (SBH)
Descriptors: Finger Spelling, Manual Communication, Primary Education, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedMcKnight, Jan C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The manual alphabet was used as an adjunct to a linguistic reading system to achieve the following goals with primary grade learning disabled children: (1) ensure attention, (2) reinforce the learning of phonemes, (3) guide the student if he had difficulties, (4) introduce prefixes and suffixes, and (5) provide the child with an independent…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Finger Spelling, Learning Disabilities, Manual Communication
Peer reviewedMonteith, Mary K – Journal of Reading, 1980
Discusses background information about the deaf that may be useful to reading teachers working with older deaf students; suggests additional sources of information on sign language and reading instruction for the deaf. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adults, Deafness, Finger Spelling, Higher Education
