Jessica A Scott
Biographic Data
| ID | 7529509 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica A Scott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica A |
| FAMILY NAME | Scott |
| SIGNATURE | SCOTT J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tales of a fourth-grade nothingburger: A critical inquiry into deficit-framed research
Deaf education research has long been preoccupied with the literacy levels of deaf students, particularly related to the idea that the average deaf high schooler graduates reading on the fourth-grade level. This statistic has been a rationale for countless interventions aimed at improving a so-called performance gap between deaf and hearing students. However, this statistic has also caused harm to deaf individuals, as research continues to frame …
Flipping the Interpreter Script: Perspectives on Accessibility
In this positional essay, Jessica A. Scott, G. Sue Kasun, and Stephanie J. Gardiner-Walsh discuss their experiences and frustrations around American Sign Language interpreters in higher education settings. They draw from their intersecting experiences as researchers of language and/or deaf education to call for a “flipping of scripts” around how we frame who is being interpreted for in signed language contexts. They argue that the majoritarian, a…
Goodnight Gorilla: Deaf Student American Sign Language Narrative Renditions After Viewing a Model
The present study used an observational learning framework to investigate changes in non-native signing deaf children’s narrative renditions before (Time 1) and after (Time 2) a single viewing of a signing adult’s rendition of the same story. The deaf adult model rendered the picture book Goodnight Gorilla in American Sign Language (ASL) with the pages of the book displayed behind her. We analyzed the details children aged 6–13 years included wit…
Superordinate Precision: An Examination of Academic Writing Among Bilingual Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Academic English is an essential literacy skill area for success in post-secondary education and in many work environments. Despite its importance, academic English is understudied with deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students. Nascent research in this area suggests that academic English, alongside American Sign Language (ASL) fluency, may play an important role in the reading proficiency of DHH students in middle and high school. The current stud…
American Sign Language and Academic English: Factors Influencing the Reading of Bilingual Secondary School Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
For many years, researchers have sought to understand the reading development of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students. Guided by prior research on DHH and hearing students, in this study we investigate the hypothesis that for secondary school DHH students enrolled in American Sign Language (ASL)/English bilingual schools for the deaf, academic English proficiency would be a significant predictor of reading comprehension alongside ASL proficien…
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American Sign Language and Academic English: Factors Influencing the Reading of Bilingual Secondary School Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
For many years, researchers have sought to understand the reading development of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students. Guided by prior research on DHH and hearing students, in this study we investigate the hypothesis that for secondary school DHH students enrolled in American Sign Language (ASL)/English bilingual schools for the deaf, academic English proficiency would be a significant predictor of reading comprehension alongside ASL proficien…
Superordinate Precision: An Examination of Academic Writing Among Bilingual Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Academic English is an essential literacy skill area for success in post-secondary education and in many work environments. Despite its importance, academic English is understudied with deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students. Nascent research in this area suggests that academic English, alongside American Sign Language (ASL) fluency, may play an important role in the reading proficiency of DHH students in middle and high school. The current stud…
Goodnight Gorilla: Deaf Student American Sign Language Narrative Renditions After Viewing a Model
The present study used an observational learning framework to investigate changes in non-native signing deaf children’s narrative renditions before (Time 1) and after (Time 2) a single viewing of a signing adult’s rendition of the same story. The deaf adult model rendered the picture book Goodnight Gorilla in American Sign Language (ASL) with the pages of the book displayed behind her. We analyzed the details children aged 6–13 years included wit…
Flipping the Interpreter Script: Perspectives on Accessibility
In this positional essay, Jessica A. Scott, G. Sue Kasun, and Stephanie J. Gardiner-Walsh discuss their experiences and frustrations around American Sign Language interpreters in higher education settings. They draw from their intersecting experiences as researchers of language and/or deaf education to call for a “flipping of scripts” around how we frame who is being interpreted for in signed language contexts. They argue that the majoritarian, a…
Tales of a fourth-grade nothingburger: A critical inquiry into deficit-framed research
Deaf education research has long been preoccupied with the literacy levels of deaf students, particularly related to the idea that the average deaf high schooler graduates reading on the fourth-grade level. This statistic has been a rationale for countless interventions aimed at improving a so-called performance gap between deaf and hearing students. However, this statistic has also caused harm to deaf individuals, as research continues to frame …
Hearing Impairment and Communication (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · American Sign Language (3 works) · Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Sign language (3 works) · Fluency (2 works) · Language proficiency (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works)