Iva Hrastinski|Ronnie ?. Wilbur
Academic Achievement of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students in an ASL/English Bilingual Program
University of Zagreb|Purdue University System
scarcity studies exploring influence students american sign language asl proficiency academic achievement aslenglish bilingual programs aim study determine effects asl proficiency reading comprehension skills academic achievement 85 deaf hardofhearing signing students two subgroups differing asl proficiency compared northwest evaluation association measures academic progress reading comprehension subtest stanford achievement test 10th edition findings suggested students highly proficient asl outperformed less proficient peers nationally standardized measures reading comprehension english language use mathematics moreover regression model consisting 5 predictors including variables regarding education hearing devices secondary disabilities well asl proficiency home language showed asl proficiency single variable significantly predicting results outcome measures study calls paradigm shift thinking deaf education focusing characteristics shared among successful deaf signing readers specifically asl fluency