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<DIV>Dear Dr. Mohammed Abu Shaira and list,</DIV>
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<DIV> I would like to ask you the following question: what is
the difference between the experimental group and the control group?</DIV>
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<DIV> Am I right to believe that the experimental group
includes the fifteen deaf students taking the science course with
signwriting while the control group includes the seventeen deaf
students taking the science course without signwriting? </DIV>
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<DIV> I deeply appreciate your cooperation and will be looking
forward to receiving your valuable explanations. Thank you again for your
help.</DIV>
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<DIV> Best regards</DIV>
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<DIV>André</DIV>
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<A title=m_abushaira@YAHOO.COM href="mailto:m_abushaira@YAHOO.COM">mohammed
abushaira</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</A>
; <A title=signpreach@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:signpreach@sbcglobal.net">signpreach@sbcglobal.net</A> ; <A
title=iroald@HOTMAIL.COM
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:13 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [sw-l] Dissertation abstract
- Effect of SignWriting at School for Deaf in Jordan</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal dir=rtl style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=right><SPAN dir=ltr><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dear
friends <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal dir=rtl style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=right><SPAN dir=ltr><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Here is
the PDF copy of the <SPAN
style="COLOR: #333333">dissertation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal dir=rtl style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=right><SPAN dir=ltr style="COLOR: #333333"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I hop it <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>can give any
addition<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal dir=rtl style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=right><SPAN dir=ltr style="COLOR: #333333"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Thanks <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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align=right><SPAN dir=ltr style="COLOR: #333333"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Mohammed </FONT></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr
style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Valerie
Sutton <<A
href="mailto:signwriting@MAC.COM">signwriting@MAC.COM</A>></I></B> wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">SignWriting
List<BR>June 7, 2007<BR><BR>> mohammed abushaira wrote:<BR>> The
research showed that SW help the deaf student to improve there <BR>>
achievement and to increase the ability to recognize the <BR>>
vocabulary. But it did not search about the interaction between <BR>>
groups of students. The findings showed effect to the interaction <BR>>
between the group and gender in vocabulary means that we can't be <BR>>
sure wether the difference between male and female related to <BR>>
manipulation (training), SW lessons, or to the group. Thanks.
Mohamed<BR><BR>Hello Mohammed!<BR>These are important results showing that
SignWriting improved Deaf <BR>student's achievement and helped them
recognize vocabulary. Thank you <BR>for doing this study!<BR><BR>If you send
me the PDF of your dissertation, I will be happy to find <BR>a skilled
translator to translate it from Arabic to English, and I <BR>will then give
the translation to you for your correction and editing.<BR><BR>Thank you
again, for studying the use of SignWriting in the classroom!<BR><BR>Val
;-)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>---------------<BR><BR><BR>><BR>>
Valerie Sutton <SUTTON@SIGNWRITING.ORG>wrote: SignWriting List<BR>> June
2, 2007<BR>><BR>> mohammed abushaira from Jordan
wrote:<BR>><BR>> > dear Val and the list<BR>> > Here is the
abstract of my research<BR>> > Dr . mohamed abu shaira<BR>><BR>>
-----------<BR>><BR>> Hello Dr. Mohammed Abu Shaira!<BR>><BR>>
CONGRATULATIONS on completing this dissertation (abstract below),
and<BR>> receiving your Ph.D!<BR>><BR>> Your statistical study on
the efficacy of SignWriting in Deaf<BR>> Education is important research
which will help educators around the<BR>> world.<BR>><BR>> THANK
YOU for sharing this abstract with us!<BR>><BR>> From what I
understand by reading this, that your dissertation,<BR>> through two
control groups, showed statistically that SignWriting<BR>> improved the
student's understanding of spoken language<BR>> vocabulary?...Have I
understood this correctly?<BR>><BR>> And it also improved the
interaction between groups of students?<BR>><BR>> You are the first
that I know of, to do statistical studies on<BR>> SignWriting in Deaf
Education...<BR>><BR>> Your first study was in Saudi Arabia years ago,
and now this...we are<BR>> very fortunate...<BR>><BR>> SignWriting
in the Arabic Nations<BR>>
http://www.signwriting.org/arabia/arabia.html<BR>><BR>><BR>> I
concur with Dr. Ingvild Roald in Norway, that your entire<BR>>
dissertation will be read eagerly by other educators, if made<BR>>
available....<BR>><BR>> Thank you again, and I am curious...Did the
students enjoy learning<BR>> SignWriting?<BR>><BR>> Val
;-)<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
------------<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> The Effect of Signwriting on
the Achievement and Vocabulary Acquiring<BR>> for Deaf Student at Al Amal
School for Deaf in Amman City<BR>> By<BR>> Mohammed Abu Shaira<BR>>
Supervised by<BR>> Dr. Ibrahim A. El-Zraigat<BR>>
ABSTRACT<BR>><BR>> The purpose of this study was to investigate the
effect of<BR>> signwriting on academic achievement and vocabulary
acquiring for deaf<BR>> students at Al amal school for deaf in Amman
city. To achieve this<BR>> goal, the researcher developed and applied a
training program by<BR>> using Signwriting lesson which created by
Valarie Suton, to teach<BR>> signwriting for deaf students at the fifth
grade at Al amal school<BR>> for deaf in Amman city, and to teach them a
selected part of science<BR>> book from the second
semester.<BR>><BR>> The study was conducted at a purposive sample
contained of 32 male<BR>> and female students from the 5th grade , the
were divided into two<BR>> groups, one of them was randomly assignment as
an experimental<BR>> group which contain 15 students (10 male ,5 female)
, the second was<BR>> a control group which contain 17students ( 11 male,
6 female). Two<BR>> tools used to collect the data, the first was a
multiple choice test<BR>> which was built according characteristics
table, the validity and<BR>> reliability for this tool was verified. The
second tool was a list of<BR>> vocabulary that was selected randomly from
the science lessons,<BR>> validity and reliability for this tool was
verified. The two tools<BR>> were conducted as pre and post test for the
two groups .The data were<BR>> analyzed by using
(ANCOVA).<BR>><BR>> The results of the study were indicated to
significantly differences<BR>> between the two groups in favor of
experimental groups in achievement<BR>> and vocabulary. Also, the
findings showed effect to the interaction<BR>> between the group and
gender in vocabulary . The study recommended<BR>> making more studies
about signwriting and expands the samples and the<BR>>
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