Efficacy of a Direct Learning Tool for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
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Efficacy of a Direct Learning Tool for Deaf and Hard of Hearing StudentsBrian TragerRaja Kushalnagar
Rochester Institute of Technology
RIT FITL 2011 - May 25, 2011
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“Pictures, beside the pleasure they give, act as definers of the text, and convey far more correct ideas than could be gained from words alone.”
– James H. Logan (1870)
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Learning Styles Three different learning styles
auditory, visual, kinesthetic
Deaf students – Inherently visual learners due to sensory compensation
Visual learners – Want to see the process of how things are done.
“Can I see that again?”
Presentation should show clear demonstrations Concrete examples, graphs, charts, visual representations of abstract
concepts
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See To Learn Solely rely on vision to gather information
Adequate time needed to gather all information
Several visual sources of information: Visual presentation (PowerPoint, Whiteboard, video
without CC) Interpreter/ C-Print Instructor
Visual dispersion
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Interpreter
Projection Screen
Instructor
Whiteboard
Monitor
Direct vs. Mediated Instruction
Direct instruction Information from an instructional source is
presented directly to the audience
Mediated instruction Information is presented through an interpreter Usually in mainstream environment
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Direct vs. Mediated InstructionComprehension test of lecture
content (Marschark & Sapere, 2004) Highly qualified interpreter provided Deaf students consistently scored lower than
hearing peers
Access services are not at fault Direct instruction cannot be replicated with
mediated instruction even under optimal conditions
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Relational vs Item-specific processing Relational processing
Ability to relate distinctive concepts/ideas Item-specific
Individual ideas/concepts Deaf individuals appear to be item-specific (Marschark,
2002) Programming concepts such as objects and classes
require relational processing Deaf and hearing score equally when recalling individual
items Deaf lag behind hearing peers when recalling ideas in
relationship to each other
Instructional Tool StudyStudy conducted by Dowaliby and Lang
(1999)
Various multimedia strategies examined
11 lessons on the human eye
144 deaf participants Split into three categories based on their reading
skills (low, middle, high)
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Instructional Tool Study
Text Only – deaf participants scored 6.9 Adjunct questions proved to be the most effective tool of
all the conditions (2.8 points increase) An increase of 3.7 from text only to full Low reading skills scored higher with full adjunct aids
than high skilled readers with text only Instructional tool proven to be effective with increase of
scores between pretest and posttest Adjunct questions most effective for low to moderate
skilled readers Sign movies most effective for highly skilled readers
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C2Learn Application User-driven application
Four lessons: focuses on decisions and advanced decisions in Java
Average of 12 “slides” for each lessons
50+ minutes of video
30+ adjunct questions
10+ animated examples
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Methodology
Research study undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of the C2Learn software
41 Participants – Deaf and hard-of-hearing students registered in either introductory programming courses or similar bridge course
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Methodology – Cont’d. Test #1 – Administered before C2Learn software was
given to participants
Learning Tool – Participants were informed to start with if statement module
Test #2 – Administered when participants completed all modules in C2Learn software
Learning Tool Survey – Inquire thoughts and gather feedback
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Test Results
Each test has 14 questions
One point is given for each question that is answered correctly
A combination of multiple-choice questions and fill-in-the-blanks
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Gain Scores Gain Scores
Hearing InstructorCP* Mean Std. Error
ASL 2.000 0.672SimCom 3.000 1.778Oral 4.000 1.778
Cohen’s d = -0.61 Deaf Instructor
CP* Mean Std. ErrorASL 1.267 0.459SimCom 0.833 0.513Oral 2.000 0.759*- Communication Preference
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Further Analysis Split two groups based
on scores Low scoring group High scoring group
High scoring group showed medium size effect Cohen’s d = 0.58618572
Low scoring group indicated a high size effect Cohen’s d = 0.86822513
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Test Results Conclusion
Low performing learns benefit most from C2Learn
Communication preferences has no effect on results
This approach may be applicable to ESL students and visual learners in general
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