Recently added articles from American Annals of the Deaf:
EXAMINING EDUCATORS OF THE DEAF AS "HIGHLY QUALIFIED" TEACHERS: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER IDEA AND NCLB
Dec 01, 2008; ... EDUCATORS OF THE DEAF were long considered "highly qualified" if they obtained state licensure from approved deaf education programs. But the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) redefined qualifications based on core academic content areas, without recognizing disability-specific expertise. NCLB's ...
SIGN ICONICITY AND RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY TESTING
Dec 01, 2008; ... DEVELOPMENT OF valid receptive sign vocabulary tests and the influence of sign iconicity on test performance were investigated. Forty items were taken from the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (Lloyd M. Dunn & Leota M. Dunn, 1982). For each target item, three alternative distractor ...
Half of What We Taught You Is Wrong: The Problem Is We Don't Know Which Half
Dec 01, 2008; ... The above, probably apocryphal, statement has been attributed to a dean at a medical school commencement. Although it may not apply directly to us, there may be an element of truth in it. Or perhaps the dean had more self awareness than we do. For those of us who have the responsibility of ...
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SIGN LANGUAGE ABILITIES IN DEAF CHILDREN
Dec 01, 2008; ... THE STUDY attempted to identify characteristics of individual differences sign language abilities among deaf children. Connections between sign language skills and rapid serial naming, hand motor skills, and early fluency were investigated. The sample consisted of 85 Finnish deaf children. Their ...
Improving Academic Achievement: Can a Response-to-Intervention (RTI) Model Help?
Oct 01, 2008; ... In the seemingly neverending conflict between equity and excellence in American education it is clear that the emphasis has shifted to excellence in the first years of the 21st century. More than half of our states now require some form of high-stakes testing for promotion and/or graduation. The ...