Harry G Lang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4864239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harry G Lang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harry G |
| FAMILY NAME | Lang |
| SIGNATURE | LANG H G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Battling the Government Windmills
Factors Predicting Recall of Mathematics Terms by Deaf Students: Implications for Teaching
In this study of deaf high school students, imagery and familiarity were found to be the best predictors of geometry word recall, whereas neither concreteness nor signability of the terms was a significant predictor variable. Recall of high imagery terms was significantly better than for low imagery terms, and the same result was found for high- over low-familiarity and signability. Concrete terms were recalled significantly better than abstract …
A Study of Technical Signs in Science: Implications for Lexical Database Development
Both classroom instruction and lexical database development stand to benefit from applied research on sign language, which takes into consideration American Sign Language rules, pedagogical issues, and teacher characteristics. In this study of technical science signs, teachers' experience with signing and, especially, knowledge of content, were found to be essential for the identification of signs appropriate for instruction. The results of this …
Tutoring Deaf Students in Higher Education: A Comparison of Baccalaureate and Sub-baccalaureate Student Perceptions
Seventy-three deaf college students completed a survey examining perceptions about tutoring outcomes and emphases, characteristics of tutors, and responsibilities associated with learning through tutoring. The comparisons revealed that while baccalaureate and sub-baccalaureate students have many similar perceptions about tutoring, there are also some striking differences. In particular, as compared to the sub-baccalaureate students, baccalaureate…
Higher Education for Deaf Students: Research Priorities in the New Millennium
A review of research on deaf students in higher education reveals a significant body of knowledge about the barriers these students face in gaining access to information in the classroom. Much less is known about the potential solutions to these problems. In addition, there is a dearth of research on the effectiveness of such support services as interpreting, note taking, real-time captioning, and tutoring, particularly with regard to their impac…
Construction of Meaning in the Authentic Science Writing of Deaf Students
This study examines how students construct meaning through writing during authentic science activities. To determine how well students understood science concepts, we analyzed 228 writing samples from deaf students in grades 6 through 11 as well as the explanatory and reflective comments of their teachers. The analyses indicate that certain process writing strategies were differentially useful in helping deaf students to construct meaning and in …
A Treatise on Signed and Spoken Language in Early 19th Century Deaf Education in America
This article introduces a reprint of an 1835 article by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard entitled, Existing State of the Art of Instructing the Deaf and Dumb. It reviews Barnard's background and achievements (including 25 years as the president of Columbia College), his familial progressive deafness, and his advanced views on communication methods (he urged use of both sign language and English). (Contains references.) (DB)
The Body and Physical Difference: Discourses of Disability . David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder
Learning styles of deaf college students and instructors' teaching emphases
Six learning style dimensions of the Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Scales (GRSLSS) were examined in this study with 100 deaf college students. In addition, six corresponding scales of teaching emphases were administered to the 16 instructors of these students. Student mean scores were higher for the dependent, participative, collaborative, and independent dimensions than for the competitive and avoidant styles. The participative learnin…
Forbidden Signs: American Culture and the Campaign against Sign Language . Douglas C. Baynton
Revisiting History: On Bridging Research and Teaching
Revisiting History: Sign Language in the Seventeenth Century
At the Second International Deaf History Conference in Hamburg, Germany, last November there were both formal and informal discussions on the need to reexamine the history of the education of deaf students and the way deaf people have been portrayed through time. Having just completed several historical research projects, I fully support more scholarly discussion not only on the ways we have interpreted history but also on how various issues exam…
Motivational and Attitudinal Orientations in Learning American Sign Language
Integrative motivation was found to correlate significantly with sign language proficiency of adult learners at a post-secondary program for deaf students. Instrumental motives, however, were perceived as less important. Higher achievement in ASL was also associated with a positive cultural attitude toward deaf people. Learning of ASL as a second language may be enhanced if instructors design strategies that build upon these cultural and integrat…
Motivational Factors in Learning American Sign Language
This study focuses on factors that motivate and demotivate professionals to learn American Sign Language (ASL). Using a qualitative approach known as the Critical Incident Technique (CIT), faculty and staff were asked to reflect on their sign language learning experiences, and their responses were examined for motivational patterns. Principal motivating factors were intrinsic in nature, including a desire to perform well in one's position, person…
Full Inclusion: A Path for Integration or Isolation
Topic of Interest: Full Inclusion 3. the effect of the child with a disability on the rest of the class 4. the cost of a regular-education placement with proper supplementary aids and services As shown above, the standards applied by the courts do not address the potential benefits of a placement in a program or school for the deaf. As currently written and interpreted by the courts, IDEA mandates that preference be given to placement in the regu…
Full Inclusion: A Path for Integration or Isolation
Topic of Interest: Full Inclusion 3. the effect of the child with a disability on the rest of the class 4. the cost of a regular-education placement with proper supplementary aids and services As shown above, the standards applied by the courts do not address the potential benefits of a placement in a program or school for the deaf. As currently written and interpreted by the courts, IDEA mandates that preference be given to placement in the regu…
Full Inclusion: A Path for Integration or Isolation
Topic of Interest: Full Inclusion 3. the effect of the child with a disability on the rest of the class 4. the cost of a regular-education placement with proper supplementary aids and services As shown above, the standards applied by the courts do not address the potential benefits of a placement in a program or school for the deaf. As currently written and interpreted by the courts, IDEA mandates that preference be given to placement in the regu…
Revisiting History: On Bridging Research and Teaching
Revisiting History: Sign Language in the Seventeenth Century
At the Second International Deaf History Conference in Hamburg, Germany, last November there were both formal and informal discussions on the need to reexamine the history of the education of deaf students and the way deaf people have been portrayed through time. Having just completed several historical research projects, I fully support more scholarly discussion not only on the ways we have interpreted history but also on how various issues exam…
Motivational and Attitudinal Orientations in Learning American Sign Language
Integrative motivation was found to correlate significantly with sign language proficiency of adult learners at a post-secondary program for deaf students. Instrumental motives, however, were perceived as less important. Higher achievement in ASL was also associated with a positive cultural attitude toward deaf people. Learning of ASL as a second language may be enhanced if instructors design strategies that build upon these cultural and integrat…
Motivational Factors in Learning American Sign Language
This study focuses on factors that motivate and demotivate professionals to learn American Sign Language (ASL). Using a qualitative approach known as the Critical Incident Technique (CIT), faculty and staff were asked to reflect on their sign language learning experiences, and their responses were examined for motivational patterns. Principal motivating factors were intrinsic in nature, including a desire to perform well in one's position, person…
Forbidden Signs: American Culture and the Campaign against Sign Language . Douglas C. Baynton
The Body and Physical Difference: Discourses of Disability . David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder
Learning styles of deaf college students and instructors' teaching emphases
Six learning style dimensions of the Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Scales (GRSLSS) were examined in this study with 100 deaf college students. In addition, six corresponding scales of teaching emphases were administered to the 16 instructors of these students. Student mean scores were higher for the dependent, participative, collaborative, and independent dimensions than for the competitive and avoidant styles. The participative learnin…
A Treatise on Signed and Spoken Language in Early 19th Century Deaf Education in America
This article introduces a reprint of an 1835 article by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard entitled, Existing State of the Art of Instructing the Deaf and Dumb. It reviews Barnard's background and achievements (including 25 years as the president of Columbia College), his familial progressive deafness, and his advanced views on communication methods (he urged use of both sign language and English). (Contains references.) (DB)
Construction of Meaning in the Authentic Science Writing of Deaf Students
This study examines how students construct meaning through writing during authentic science activities. To determine how well students understood science concepts, we analyzed 228 writing samples from deaf students in grades 6 through 11 as well as the explanatory and reflective comments of their teachers. The analyses indicate that certain process writing strategies were differentially useful in helping deaf students to construct meaning and in …
Higher Education for Deaf Students: Research Priorities in the New Millennium
A review of research on deaf students in higher education reveals a significant body of knowledge about the barriers these students face in gaining access to information in the classroom. Much less is known about the potential solutions to these problems. In addition, there is a dearth of research on the effectiveness of such support services as interpreting, note taking, real-time captioning, and tutoring, particularly with regard to their impac…
Tutoring Deaf Students in Higher Education: A Comparison of Baccalaureate and Sub-baccalaureate Student Perceptions
Seventy-three deaf college students completed a survey examining perceptions about tutoring outcomes and emphases, characteristics of tutors, and responsibilities associated with learning through tutoring. The comparisons revealed that while baccalaureate and sub-baccalaureate students have many similar perceptions about tutoring, there are also some striking differences. In particular, as compared to the sub-baccalaureate students, baccalaureate…
A Study of Technical Signs in Science: Implications for Lexical Database Development
Both classroom instruction and lexical database development stand to benefit from applied research on sign language, which takes into consideration American Sign Language rules, pedagogical issues, and teacher characteristics. In this study of technical science signs, teachers' experience with signing and, especially, knowledge of content, were found to be essential for the identification of signs appropriate for instruction. The results of this …
Battling the Government Windmills
Factors Predicting Recall of Mathematics Terms by Deaf Students: Implications for Teaching
In this study of deaf high school students, imagery and familiarity were found to be the best predictors of geometry word recall, whereas neither concreteness nor signability of the terms was a significant predictor variable. Recall of high imagery terms was significantly better than for low imagery terms, and the same result was found for high- over low-familiarity and signability. Concrete terms were recalled significantly better than abstract …
Psychology (11 works) · Hearing Impairment and Communication (10 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Sign language (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sign (mathematics (4 works) · American Sign Language (3 works)