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“Alligator eats cookie”: Acquisition of writing and reading skills by deaf children using the microcomputer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Philip M. Prinz  and
Keith E. Nelson
Philip M. Prinz*
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University
Keith E. Nelson
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University
*
Dr. Philip M. Pnnz, Division of Special Education and Communication Disorders, The Pennsylvania State University, 217 Moore Building, University Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

This research investigated the effects of microcomputer technology on the acquisition of writing and reading skills in 32 deaf children between the ages of 3.2 and 8.5 years. The children used a special interface keyboard which builds in perceptual salience and animation of color pictures and graphic representations of signs from American Sign Language (ASL). The learning mechanism underlying this novel instructional system is responsive, interactional, and exploratory, reflective of the way in which most children acquire a first language. Results have demonstrated improvement in writing, reading, and general communication skills. These advances are attributed to exploratory learning -not solely programmed instruction – which allows the child to investigate at will the representation of various printed forms which relate to the child's own primary mode of communication.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , September 1985 , pp. 283 - 306
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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