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- Language and accessibility issues in curriculum and assessment - 9 November 2005
- Teaching English to deaf pupils - 4 October 2005
- Curriculum Subjects for Deaf Pupils
Boosting Maths Skills in Deaf Children
Aherne, Pam & Thornber, Ann
Mathematics for all: An interactive approach within
level 1
David Fulton, 1990
ISBN 1853461660
Nunes, Terezinha
Teaching mathematics to deaf children
Whurr, 2004
ISBN 186156340X
A guide for parents and teachers based on a study of how deaf children
think and learn to solve numerical problems.
Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
Promoting numeracy in deaf pupils: education guidelines
project
RNID, 2001
ISBN 0900634936
Guidelines for teachers of the deaf and learning support assistants
on working with deaf children in the classroom. Series: Education guidelines
project
Scottish Office. Education Department
Curriculum and assessment in Scotland: National
guidelines: Mathematics 5-14
Scottish Office, 1991
Womack, David
Developing mathematical and scientific thinking in young
children
Cassell, 1988
ISBN 0304313971
A general look at developing mathematical concepts with children who
have a variety of special needs. Series: Special needs in ordinary
schools
Microbooks
Signs for GCSE: Mathematics
Microbooks, 2000
For use with Microsoft Windows
Stories in the Air
BSL numeracy
Stories in the Air, 2005
Computer animated BSL covering mathematical topics. Children's
knowledge is tested by quizzes presented in BSL, in English and graphically.
Software produced by Dunedin Multimedia.
http://www.learnbsl.org/
Stories in the Air
BSL numeracy 2
Stories in the Air, 2007
Computer animated BSL covering mathematical topics. Children's
knowledge is tested by quizzes presented in BSL, in English and graphically.
Software produced by Dunedin Multimedia.
http://www.learnbsl.org/
Articles
Ansell, Ellen & Pagliaro, Claudia M
Relative difficulty of signed arithmetic story problems for primary
level deaf and hard-of-hearing students
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Spring
2006, Vol 11 (2), p153-170
Blatto-Vallee, Gary ... [et al]
Visual-spatial representation in mathematical problem solving
by deaf and hearing students
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Fall
2007, Vol 12 (4), p432-448
Compares performance of deaf and hearing students in solving mathematical
problems with specific reference to use of visual-spatial representation.
Chen, Kaili
Math in motion: Origami math for students who are deaf and hard
of hearing
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Spring
2006, Vol 11 (2), p262-266
Outlines a method of teaching mathematics to deaf students using origami.
Kelly, Ronald R & Gaustad, Martha G
Deaf college students' mathematical skills relative to morphological
knowledge, reading level and language proficiency
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Winter
2007, Vol 12 (1), p25-37
A study of the relationship between mathematical ability and English language skills.
Korvorst, Marjolein; Nuerk, Hans-Christoph; Willmes, Klaus
Hands have it: number representations in adult deaf signers
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Summer
2007, Vol 12 (3), p362-372
A study of numerical signing which gives an insight into how deaf signers
think about numbers and mathematics.
Lang, Harry & Pagliaro, Claudia
Factors predicting recall of mathematics terms by deaf students:
implications for teaching
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Fall
2007, Vol 12 (4), p449-460
Looks at the mathematics vocabulary retention of deaf students in secondary
education. The article particularly notes use of signs (rather
than fingerspelling) aided memory and learning.
Masataka, Nobuo
Differences in arithmetic subtraction of nonsymbolic numerosities
by deaf and hearing adults
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Spring
2006, Vol 11 (2), p139-143
Looks at the arithmetic skills of a group of deaf adults compared with
a group of hearing adults. (Research carried out in Japan.)
Masataka, Nobuo ... [et al]
Neural correlates for numerical processing in the manual mode
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Spring
2006, Vol 11 (2), p144-152
Looks at numerical aspects of signed languages and how they are perceived
by the brain.
Swanwick, Ruth; Oddy, Anne; Roper, Tom
Mathematics and deaf children: an exploration of barriers to
success
Deafness and Education International 2005, Vol 7
(1) p1-21
Explores the reasons for deaf children's underachievement in mathematics.