Dissertation abstract - Effect of SignWriting at School for Deaf in Jordan

[Charles Butler]

Dear Gagnon,

Is there some reason your writing is in bright Yellow against White.  It makes it almost impossible to read.

Charles


Gagnon et Thibeault <atg at videotron.ca> wrote:       Dear Dr. Mohammed Abu Shaira and list,
  
     I would like to ask you the following question: what is  the difference between the experimental group and the control group?
  
   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?   
  
     I deeply appreciate your cooperation and will be looking  forward to receiving your valuable explanations.  Thank you again for your  help.
  
    Best regards
  
 André
  
    ----- Original Message ----- 
   From:    mohammed    abushaira 
   To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu    ; signpreach at sbcglobal.net ; iroald at HOTMAIL.COM 
   Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:13 AM
   Subject: Re: [sw-l] Dissertation abstract    - Effect of SignWriting at School for Deaf in Jordan
   

   Dear    friends  
   Here is    the PDF copy of the dissertation
   I hop it  can give any    addition
   Thanks 
   Mohammed 


Valerie    Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM> wrote:    SignWriting      List
June 7, 2007

> 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

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!

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.

Thank you      again, for studying the use of SignWriting in the classroom!

Val      ;-)














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>
>      Valerie Sutton wrote: SignWriting List
> June      2, 2007
>
> mohammed abushaira from Jordan      wrote:
>
> > dear Val and the list
> > Here is the      abstract of my research
> > Dr . mohamed abu shaira
>
>      -----------
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> And it also improved the      interaction between groups of students?
>
> 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...
>
> SignWriting      in the Arabic Nations
>      http://www.signwriting.org/arabia/arabia.html
>
>
> I      concur with Dr. Ingvild Roald in Norway, that your entire
>      dissertation will be read eagerly by other educators, if made
>      available....
>
> Thank you again, and I am curious...Did the      students enjoy learning
> SignWriting?
>
> Val      ;-)
>
>
>
>      ------------
>
>
>
> 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
>
> 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).
>
> 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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