Exploring the use of dynamic language assessment with deaf children, who use American Sign Language: Two case studies
Mann, W., Peña, E. D. & Morgan, G. (2014). Exploring the use of dynamic language assessment with deaf children, who use American Sign Language: Two case studies. Journal of Communication Disorders, 52, pp. 16-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2014.05.002
Abstract
We describe a model for assessment of lexical-semantic organization skills in American Sign Language (ASL) within the framework of dynamic vocabulary assessment and discuss the applicability and validity of the use of mediated learning experiences (MLE) with deaf signing children. Two elementary students (ages 7;6 and 8;4) completed a set of four vocabulary tasks and received two 30-minute mediations in ASL. Each session consisted of several scripted activities focusing on the use of categorization. Both had experienced difficulties in providing categorically related responses in one of the vocabulary tasks used previously. Results showed that the two students exhibited notable differences with regards to their learning pace, information uptake, and effort required by the mediator. Furthermore, we observed signs of a shift in strategic behavior by the lower performing student during the second mediation. Results suggest that the use of dynamic assessment procedures in a vocabulary context was helpful in understanding children's strategies as related to learning potential. These results are discussed in terms of deaf children's cognitive modifiability with implications for planning instruction and how MLE can be used with a population that uses ASL.
| Publication Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Communication Disorders. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Communication Disorders, Volume 52, November–December 2014, Pages 16–30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2014.05.002. |
| Publisher Keywords: | ASL, Deaf, Dynamic assessment, Fast mapping, Modifiability, Sign language |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Departments: | School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Language & Communication Science |
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