M. Marschark
Benefits of Sign Language Interpreting and Text Alternatives for Deaf Students' Classroom Learning
University of Aberdeen|Rochester Institute of Technology
four experiments examined utility realtime text supporting deaf students learning lectures postsecondary experiments 1 2 secondary classrooms experiments 3 4 experiment 1 compared effects learning sign language interpreting realtime text cprint realtime text alone led significantly higher performance deaf students two conditions performance deaf students conditions significantly hearing peers saw lectures without support services experiment 2 compared interpreting two forms realtime text cprint communication access realtime translation immediate testing 1week delay study notes significant differences among support services obtained either testing experiment 3 also failed reveal significant effects immediate delayed testing comparison realtime text direct signed instruction experiment 4 found significant differences interpreting interpreting plus realtime text learning either new words content television programs alternative accounts observed pattern results considered concluded neither sign language interpreting realtime text inherent generalized advantage supporting deaf students secondary postsecondary settings providing deaf students services simultaneously appear provide generalized benefit least kinds materials utilized