DECODING PROGRAM FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS

描述：聋人教师一直在努力与低学生阅读 70多年的成就，仍然是18岁的聋哑学生平均只有 大概是四年级的阅读水平这种低性能导致额外的 拼写和学术领域的问题，如历史和科学。虽然 人们普遍认为，音素意识和语音处理 这是熟练阅读所必需的，即使是聋哑学生也会使用这些技能， 还没有做出努力来正式修改语音阅读程序以供使用 聋哑学生。这个项目将采用先进的计算机技术 通过一个行之有效的教学计划来教授聋人和听力困难的人 学生解码技能，同时提供有效的教师 解码教学所需的培训。在第一阶段，20个原型课程将 使用与我们现有的多媒体计算机相似的方法进行开发 关于阅读理解的程序。原型将是一个独立的，交钥匙 计算机系统.原型培训和演示的有效性将 与小学聋人或听力障碍学生一起进行评估， 教师主导的课堂。第二阶段将制定一个完整的培训和 演示程序涵盖120课，并将在一个随机评估 对照试验 拟定商业应用： 该项目将导致制作一个多媒体计算机程序，启动 对聋生进行解码技能的教学，同时对教师进行技能培训 需要继续使用打印版本的程序。 它将吸引国家， 区域和当地学校的聋人和听力困难的学生，以及 培训聋人和听力障碍者教师的机构。

DESCRIPTION: Teachers of the deaf have struggled with the low student reading achievement for over 70 years, and still 18-year-old deaf students average only about a 4th grade reading level. This low performance causes additional problems in spelling and academic areas such as history and science. Although it is accepted that phonemic awareness and phonological processing are necessary for proficient reading and that even deaf students use these skills, no effort has been made to formally adapt a phonetic reading program for use with deaf students. This project will incorporate advanced computer technology with a proven-effective instructional program to teach deaf and hard-of-hearing students decoding skills, while simultaneously providing effective teacher training necessary for teaching decoding. In Phase I, 20 prototype lessons will be developed using methods similar to those in our existing multimedia computer program on reading comprehension. The prototype will be a stand-alone, turnkey computer system. The efficacy of the prototype training and presentation will be evaluated with elementary-school deaf or hard-of-hearing students in teacher-led classrooms. Phase II will develop an entire training and presentation program covering 120 lessons and will be evaluated in a randomized control trial. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: This project will lead to the production of a multimedia computer program that initiates the teaching of decoding skills to deaf students and simultaneously trains teachers in the skills necessary to continue using a print version of the program. It will be attractive to state, regional, and local schools with deaf and hard-of-hearing students, as well as to institutions which train teachers of the deaf and hard-of-hearing.