DECODING PROGRAM FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS

描述：聋人教师一直在为学生阅读能力低下而苦苦挣扎 取得了70多年的成就，而18岁的聋人学生平均只有 大约四年级的阅读水平。这种低性能会导致额外的 拼写和学术领域的问题，如历史和科学。虽然 人们普遍认为，语音意识和语音加工是 熟练阅读所必需的，即使是失聪的学生也使用这些技能， 还没有做出任何努力来正式改编语音阅读程序以供使用 和聋哑学生在一起。该项目将采用先进的计算机技术 有一个被证明有效的教学计划来教授聋人和重听人 学生解码技能，同时提供有效的教师 进行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中类似的方法进行开发 关于阅读理解的程序。原型将是一个独立的、交钥匙的 计算机系统。原型培训和演示的效果将 在小学生聋人或重听学生中进行评估 教师主导的教室。第二阶段将开发一个完整的培训和 演讲计划涵盖120节课，将以随机方式进行评估 对照试验。 建议的商业应用： 该项目将产生一个多媒体计算机程序，该程序将启动 对聋生进行译码技能教学，同时对教师进行译码技能培训 继续使用该程序的印刷版所必需的。它将是有吸引力的国家， 有聋哑人和重听学生的地区和当地学校，以及 培训聋哑人和重听者教师的机构。

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.