Advisor

Bowen, Sandy Kay

Advisor

Ferrell, Kay Alicyn, 1948-

Committee Member

Jackson, Lewis (Lewis B.)

Department

Special Education

Institution

University of Northern Colorado

Type of Resources

Text

Place of Publication

Greeley (Colo.)

Publisher

University of Northern Colorado

Date Created

8-1-2013

Genre

Thesis

Extent

189 pages

Digital Origin

Born digital

Description

The purpose of this study was to identify the extent to which teachers of the deaf report using four identified language facilitation strategies: recasting, extension, responsivity, and self-talk/parallel talk. Participants self-selected in response to an advertisement on a state-wide listserv and to the state’s residential school internal news. Fifty-seven (n=57) completed questionnaires were collected via an internet-based survey. Participants taught primarily in self-contained and itinerant settings, and used Total Communication for instruction. They represented brand new teachers (first year teaching) through expert (more than 25 years), and all grade levels (early intervention through 12th grade). The respondents reported using all of the strategies to a high degree. Although significant relationships were identified between the use of extensions and two independent variables, the limitations of the study undermine the results and significance should be interpreted with caution. Implications for practice are not clear at this point. Further research is indicated that would focus on observing teachers’ use of the four strategies with special attention paid to the influence of years of experience and communication modality on the use of the strategies.

Degree type

PhD

Degree Name

Doctoral

Language

English

Local Identifiers

Handley_unco_0161D_10260

Rights Statement

Copyright is held by author.

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