What Can Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing First-Year Community College Students Teach Us about Reading?

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Title: What Can Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing First-Year Community College Students Teach Us about Reading?
Language: English
Authors: Jessica Williams (ORCID 0000-0002-3802-5057), Thomastine Sarchet, Dawn Walton
Source: Communication Disorders Quarterly. 2024 46(1):3-11.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Two Year Colleges
High Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Community College Students, College Freshmen, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Remedial Reading, Remedial Programs, Reading Instruction, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Cloze Procedure, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Student Needs, Technical Institutes, Student Characteristics, Reading Ability, Prior Learning
Geographic Terms: New York (Rochester)
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Degrees of Reading Power Test
DOI: 10.1177/15257401231181511
ISSN: 1525-7401
1538-4837
Abstract: More U.S. community college students are enrolling without the requisite reading skills to be successful. Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students are following a similar pattern with a little less than half requiring remedial instruction when entering college. College-age readers were the first population that we studied to learn about reading and reading instruction. The present study revisits this notion with DHH students at the forefront. We wanted to know what skills DHH readers have when they enroll in community college and what skills secondary teachers could focus on to prepare them. Based on the Degrees of Reading Power assessment given to DHH first year students prior entering community college (N = 409 participants), DHH readers would benefit from instruction in three important areas of reading comprehension: key ideas and details, craft and structure, and integration of knowledge and ideas. We discuss instructional ideas and future directions.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1445958
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:More U.S. community college students are enrolling without the requisite reading skills to be successful. Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students are following a similar pattern with a little less than half requiring remedial instruction when entering college. College-age readers were the first population that we studied to learn about reading and reading instruction. The present study revisits this notion with DHH students at the forefront. We wanted to know what skills DHH readers have when they enroll in community college and what skills secondary teachers could focus on to prepare them. Based on the Degrees of Reading Power assessment given to DHH first year students prior entering community college (N = 409 participants), DHH readers would benefit from instruction in three important areas of reading comprehension: key ideas and details, craft and structure, and integration of knowledge and ideas. We discuss instructional ideas and future directions.
ISSN:1525-7401
1538-4837
DOI:10.1177/15257401231181511