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Peer reviewedDelaney, Mary; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1984
A 10-year evaluation of effects of introducing total communication into a previously oral/aural school focused on student achievement levels and communication skills. Staff perceptions and test results have indicated important changes in both aspects, some of which may be attributable to direct intervention, legislative aspects, and greater…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Hearing Impairments, Intervention
Schallhorn, Dave – Bureau Memorandum, 1977
Examined with 17 elementary level deaf children were the integration of deaf children with an oral, integrated instructional background with a deaf class with a total communication instructional background and the integration of deaf children with partial or total reliance on total communication with a hearing class. (SBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Speech), Deafness, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedChasen, Barbara; Zuckerman, William – American Annals of the Deaf, 1976
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Deafness, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedGoppold, Laura – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
A review of 12 investigations concerning longterm academic effects of early intervention for preschool hearing-impaired children suggests that children with severe/profound hearing losses before age two who receive total communication in a cognitive-oriented parent-infant language program will be more successful academically than similar children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedWeisel, Amatzia – Early Child Development and Care, 1988
Evaluates effects of age of initial intervention on hearing-impaired children's academic achievement, social-emotional adjustment, and speech comprehension. Early intervention was not associated with improved performance in any dependent measures. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Emotional Adjustment
Download full textMoores, Donald F.; And Others – 1974
Presented is the fourth year report of a 4-year longitudinal study comparing effectiveness of seven preschool programs for deaf children. Schools are seen to emphasize either an oral-aural, Rochester (Oral-aural plus finger spelling), or total communication method of instruction. Included in the report are a brief review of literature on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research
Duffy, J. Trey – 1987
A literature-based rationale for teaching American Sign Language (ASL) as the primary language system for deaf children elaborates on the following points: Sign languages are visual-manual; spoken languages are oral-aural. Competency in a first language tremendously increases a person's ability to learn a second language. Deaf children have not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Cultural Background
