[Spam] Re: [sw-l] Dissertation abstr act - Effect of SignWriting at School f or Deaf in Jordan

[claudney]

Hello, that would  be great if we could have your dessertation avaiable (in English). We still don´t have any research  like yours  here in Brazil and I´m really interested in reading about it. 
Thanks, keep on researching!
Claudney Oliveira 
De:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu

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Data:Thu, 7 Jun 2007 08:03:08 -0700

Assunto:[Spam] Re: [sw-l] Dissertation abstract - Effect of SignWriting at School for Deaf in Jordan

> SignWriting List
> June 7, 2007
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> > mohammed abushaira wrote:
> > The research showed that SW help the deaf student to improve there 
> > achievement and to increase the ability to recognize the 
> > vocabulary. But it did not search about the interaction between 
> > groups of students. The findings showed effect to the interaction 
> > between the group and gender in vocabulary means that we can't be 
> > sure wether the difference between male and female related to 
> > manipulation (training), SW lessons, or to the group. Thanks. Mohamed
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> Hello Mohammed!
> These are important results showing that SignWriting improved Deaf 
> student's achievement and helped them recognize vocabulary. Thank you 
> for doing this study!
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> If you send me the PDF of your dissertation, I will be happy to find 
> a skilled translator to translate it from Arabic to English, and I 
> will then give the translation to you for your correction and editing.
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> Thank you again, for studying the use of SignWriting in the classroom!
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> > Valerie Sutton wrote: SignWriting List
> > June 2, 2007
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> > mohammed abushaira from Jordan wrote:
> >
> > > dear Val and the list
> > > Here is the abstract of my research
> > > Dr . mohamed abu shaira
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> > Hello Dr. Mohammed Abu Shaira!
> >
> > CONGRATULATIONS on completing this dissertation (abstract below), and
> > receiving your Ph.D!
> >
> > Your statistical study on the efficacy of SignWriting in Deaf
> > Education is important research which will help educators around the
> > world.
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> > THANK YOU for sharing this abstract with us!
> >
> > From what I understand by reading this, that your dissertation,
> > through two control groups, showed statistically that SignWriting
> > improved the student's understanding of spoken language
> > vocabulary?...Have I understood this correctly?
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> > And it also improved the interaction between groups of students?
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> > You are the first that I know of, to do statistical studies on
> > SignWriting in Deaf Education...
> >
> > Your first study was in Saudi Arabia years ago, and now this...we are
> > very fortunate...
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> > SignWriting in the Arabic Nations
> > http://www.signwriting.org/arabia/arabia.html
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> > I concur with Dr. Ingvild Roald in Norway, that your entire
> > dissertation will be read eagerly by other educators, if made
> > available....
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> > Thank you again, and I am curious...Did the students enjoy learning
> > SignWriting?
> >
> > Val ;-)
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> > The Effect of Signwriting on the Achievement and Vocabulary Acquiring
> > for Deaf Student at Al Amal School for Deaf in Amman City
> > By
> > Mohammed Abu Shaira
> > Supervised by
> > Dr. Ibrahim A. El-Zraigat
> > ABSTRACT
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> > The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of
> > signwriting on academic achievement and vocabulary acquiring for deaf
> > students at Al amal school for deaf in Amman city. To achieve this
> > goal, the researcher developed and applied a training program by
> > using Signwriting lesson which created by Valarie Suton, to teach
> > signwriting for deaf students at the fifth grade at Al amal school
> > for deaf in Amman city, and to teach them a selected part of science
> > book from the second semester.
> >
> > The study was conducted at a purposive sample contained of 32 male
> > and female students from the 5th grade , the were divided into two
> > groups, one of them was randomly assignment as an experimental
> > group which contain 15 students (10 male ,5 female) , the second was
> > a control group which contain 17students ( 11 male, 6 female). Two
> > tools used to collect the data, the first was a multiple choice test
> > which was built according characteristics table, the validity and
> > reliability for this tool was verified. The second tool was a list of
> > vocabulary that was selected randomly from the science lessons,
> > validity and reliability for this tool was verified. The two tools
> > were conducted as pre and post test for the two groups .The data were
> > analyzed by using (ANCOVA).
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> > The results of the study were indicated to significantly differences
> > between the two groups in favor of experimental groups in achievement
> > and vocabulary. Also, the findings showed effect to the interaction
> > between the group and gender in vocabulary . The study recommended
> > making more studies about signwriting and expands the samples and the
> > ages.
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