ELL first graders who learned ASL signs with sight vocabulary moved from zero pretest words to perfect posttest scores¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2011 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? All three ELL students in the ASL group, who knew none of the required sight vocabulary on the pretest, achieved 100% mastery of the targeted words on the posttest. → Sherman 2011

Evidence¶

Sherman 2011¶

Sherman, J. (2011). Signing for Success: Using American Sign Language to Learn Sight Vocabulary. SRATE Journal, 20(2). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ959527

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Subgroup result of the five-week inquiry project: the article reports that the three ELL students' "pretest scores indicated they knew none of the required sight vocabulary" and that all three reached perfect posttest scores. Descriptive report of three students; no effect size printed.

"On their posttest evaluation, all three achieved a perfect score of 100% mastery of the targeted words."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• All eleven participating first graders gained sight vocabulary, with 89% knowing four or all five taught words at posttest — a broader claim this one bears on
• First graders taught sight words with ASL signs achieved higher posttest accuracy than students taught without ASL — related
• An ELL student spontaneously signed sight words when seeing them in context, which appeared to support word recognition — related
• Interns observed extremely high enthusiasm for ASL vocabulary learning, including home practice and increased self-confidence — related