Benefits of Sign Language Interpreting and Text Alternatives for Deaf Students’ Classroom Learning
Date
2008Author
Marschark, Marc
Leigh, Greg
Sapere, Patricia
Burnham, Denis
Convertino, Carol
Stinson, Michael
Knoors, Harry
Vervloed, Mathijs
Noble, William
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Four experiments examined the utility of real-time text in
supporting deaf students’ learning from lectures in postsecondary
(Experiments 1 and 2) and secondary classrooms
(Experiments 3 and 4). Experiment 1 compared the effects
on learning of sign language interpreting, real-time text
(C-Print), and both. Real-time text alone led to significantly
higher performance by deaf students than the other two
conditions, but performance by deaf students in all conditions
was significantly below that of hearing peers who saw
lectures without any support services. Experiment 2 compared
interpreting and two forms of real-time text, C-Print