Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Vol 4, 176-190, Copyright © 1999 by Oxford University Press
M Gaustad
This study follows graduate interns and their cooperating teachers through
a collaborative student teaching experience in D/HH and hearing classrooms
at the same grade level. Teacher teams, enrolled in a graduate course on
collaboration, designed and conducted collaborative instruction (K-junior
high school level), which focused on cooperative learning activities.
Measures included student evaluations and separate intern and teacher
evaluations of student performance, the integrated instructional units, and
professional collaboration. Student evaluations included positive responses
to integrated instruction by both groups, though there was more trepidation
expressed by some D/HH students. Teachers reported very positive outcomes
for all students including increased motivation to learn about and to
interact with the other group and, for D/HH students, an increase in
socially and academically appropriate behaviors. Specific student needs for
training prior to integrated experiences were noted. Teachers stressed the
importance of topic selections that would involve the expertise of all
participants equally, needs for teacher in-service training and,
administrative support for collaborative planning.
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Empirical paper. Including the kids across the hall: collaborative instruction of hearing, deaf, and hard-of-hearing students
Department of Special Education, 451 Education Bldg., Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA; e-mail: mgausta@bgnet.bgsu.edu.
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