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Showing 1 to 20 of 125 for “"ASL"”.
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Mississippi ASL Project
American Sign Language (ASL) is a manual language used by many deaf people in the United States and Canada. For much of its existence, ASL was believed to be a system of rudimentary gestures and signs based on the English language. However, studies that analyzed the linguistic properties of this …
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Teachers' perceptions of the use of ASL phonological instruction to develop ASL and English literacy in an ASL/English bilingual preschool
… seeks to understand how teachers who work in an ASL/English bilingual educational program for preschool children conceptualize and utilize phonological instruction of American Sign Language (ASL). While instruction that promotes phonological awareness of spoken English is thought to provide …
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THE ROLE OF SES AND ASL FOR LITERACY SUCCESS IN ASL-ENGLISH BILINGUALS
… the effects of SES on L2 literacy in ASL-English bilinguals. This study aims to determine whether SES and L1 language proficiency account for variation in signing bilinguals L2 literacy success, and to help identify specific needs during the process of achieving literacy outcomes. …
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Investigating the Work of ASL Interpreters in Postsecondary Settings
When talking about educational interpreting, the conversation most often refers to interpreting in the K-12 setting. Due to the demands of interpreting for school-age deaf consumers, there is a lot of research dedicated to interpreting in K-12. Not as much research has been dedicated to …
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Multiparametric Estimation of Brain Hemodynamics with MR Fingerprinting ASL
… diseases. Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) MRI technique is capable of estimating cerebral blood flow (CBF) without radioactive tracer or contrast agent. However, the signal from ASL is affected by multiple parameters in the kinetic model, causing the complexity in interpreting the …
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Technology-Based Family Education In ASL/English Bilingual Schools For The Deaf
<p>More research on how ASL/English bilingual schools for the deaf educate hearing families to apply bilingual education methodology at home is warranted. Given the rising use of technology in schools, its role within these family education programs was the primary focus. Thirty-two participants …
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Response process validity of the ASL-SDQ with deaf youth : a cognitive interview study
… accessible language, American Sign Language (ASL). To screen, identify, and connect deaf youth to necessary mental health services, self-report measures of emotional and behavioral functioning must be accessible and comprehensible by all deaf youth signers, ranging from those who had full …
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A survey of those in the U.S. Deaf community about reading and writing ASL
… that literacy in American Sign Language (ASL) may improve literacy in English for students who are deaf. However, the Deaf community in the United States has not widely adopted a written form of ASL. This research surveys individuals in the U.S. Deaf community to better understand the …
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The Relationship of ASL Proficiency to the Written Literacy Skills of Children Who Are Deaf
… of this study suggest that deaf children with ASL proficiency may need more time to develop measurable improvements in English proficiency but the long-term gain is evidence of richer language use in the writing samples of the 6th graders with High ASL proficiency. This finding suggests that …
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Pseudo Random Arterial Modulation (PRAM): A Novel ASL Approach to Measure Flow and Blood Transit Times
… as is common in Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) but rather measures the distribution of transit times to a voxel within one integrated scan. Adiabatic inversion or non-inversion pre-pulses (PRAM pulses) are performed prior to a gradient echo imaging. The PRAM method has been tested on a flow …
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THE ROLE OF PHONOLOGY AND SEMANTICS IN THE LEXICAL PROCESSING OF ASL CORE LEXICAL ITEMS AND CLASSIFIER CONSTRUCTIONS
… lexical processing in American Sign Language (ASL). Although a model of lexical processing exists for spoken languages, the research on lexical processing, storage, and organization in signed languages is not very extensive and has been focused on the core lexicon. The present study, for the …
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EXPLORING THE ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: LEXICAL BORROWING FROM CISTERCIAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND FRENCH SIGN LANGUAGE
American Sign Language (ASL) is the natural and preferred language of the Deaf community in both the United States and Canada. Woodward (1978) estimated that approximately 60% of the ASL lexicon is derived from early 19th century French Sign Language, which is known as langue des signes …
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American Sign Language as a Foreign Language Requirement: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Standards
… the arguments for American Sign Language (ASL) as a foreign language and the development of a new ASL curriculum to fulfill a foreign language requirement at Miami University. Due to the large number of individuals in the United States using ASL as a language and the steady increase in ASL …
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Quantitative Non-Contrast Perfusion Measurements Using Arterial Spin Labeled MRI: Evaluation of Therapy Response in Brain Tumors and Technical Advancements in Kidneys
… imaging (PWI) techniques, arterial spin labeled (ASL) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has certain advantages. ASL MRI is a non-contrast and non-invasive imaging method that provides absolute quantitative measures of perfusion, proven to be especially valuable in brain imaging. Despite these …
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Accuracy of pulsed arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging in the human brain : tag width and timing effects
Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is the only non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that allows absolute quantification of cerebral blood flow (CBF). It involves using radiofrequency pulses designed to invert the spins of water in arterial blood, effectively creating a magnetic bolus. …
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DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING METHODS IN HUMANS AND ANIMAL MODELS
Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is an important tool in evaluating cerebral blood flow (CBF), with applications in clinical imaging for brain tumors and stroke, and as a research tool for brain injury and Alzheimers disease. Multi-TI ASL makes it possible to measure CBF and arterial transit time …
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Universal quantification in the nominal domain in American Sign Language
While quantification in American Sign Language (ASL) has been an object of linguistic investigation for more than two decades, there are still relatively few studies on that topic. Most crucially, detailed descriptions of many aspects of quantification in ASL are still lacking. This dissertation is …
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American Sign Language as an Aid in Teaching Kindergarten Language Arts Content Standards to Speaking English Language Learners and Speech and Hearing Impaired
<p>Deaf student using American Sign Language (ASL) have shown higher vocabulary test results compared to their speaking counterparts. The purpose of this study is to investigate if ASL can aid in teaching kindergarten language art content standards to English language learners and speech and …
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