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Pschirrer, Lawrence – American Annals of the Deaf, 1980
A specially designed mnemonic strategy was successful in teaching independent pronunciation skills to deaf college students. Examples of the cards showing key words (either a concrete object or dynamic action) are included. (CL)
Descriptors: Deafness, Higher Education, Imagery, Mnemonics
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Clark, M. Diane – American Annals of the Deaf, 1991
This investigation into the information processing strategies of 12 profoundly/prelingually deaf college students found that subjects with oral/manual educational backgrounds had higher levels of recognition than did subjects from oral-only educational backgrounds. Highest recognition was to the left and right of the fixation point, followed by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Congenital Impairments, Deafness
Akamatsu, C. Tane; Stewart, David A. – 1987
The purpose of this study was to survey teacher training programs for teachers of the deaf, to ascertain the extent to which American Sign Lanuage (ASL) and Manually Coded English (MCE) are taught in such programs, and to solicit the opinions of university personnel on the role of ASL and MCE in the language development of deaf children. The…
Descriptors: Deafness, Higher Education, Language Acquisition, Manual Communication
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Hoemann, Harry W.; Kreske, Catherine M. – Sign Language Studies, 1995
Describes a study that found, contrary to previous reports, that a strong, symmetrical release from proactive interference (PI) is the normal outcome for switches between American Sign Language (ASL) signs and English words and with switches between Manual and English alphabet characters. Subjects were college students enrolled in their first ASL…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Students, Code Switching (Language), Comparative Analysis
Baca, Judy Clark, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This book of readings consists of selected papers presented under five topics: (1) Research and Theory--18 papers including research on visual effects on attitude and cognition, students of different field dependence levels, modern and postmodern design on reader perceptions of news, effects of gray shades, short-term memory capacity differences,…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creativity