This morning, four of my students asked to use the bathroom in the space of 10 minutes. In those same 10 minutes, I was able to conduct three formative assessments and adapt my teaching based on those ...

Advocates for education on sign language are making sure children of all abilities are set up for success in the classroom.Sign language is a vital tool for some students and encouraging others to use ...

Jaxson Finke was born profoundly deaf. He didn't speak until he was 4. His grandparents said his time at Beattie, along with cochlear implants, working with therapists and audiologist have all made it ...

Not so long ago, deaf children were punished in the UK for using sign language in the classroom. Recounting his experience in the 1960s, one deaf person told one of my colleagues many years later: “I ...

The emotionality of ASL can free you from the trap of precision. By Hannah Seo When I arrived on the second floor of a commercial building in Manhattan for my first sign-language class, a man took one ...

Teacher talk seems intuitive—the expert imparts knowledge onto novices, who passively receive expertise like a car or machine receives parts at every station on an assembly line. In reality, an ...

Sign languages aren’t easy to learn and are even harder to teach. They use not just hand gestures but also mouthings, facial expressions and body posture to communicate meaning. This complexity means ...

Purdue University is dedicated to providing comprehensive and interactive curricula for students interested in learning American Sign Language (ASL) as a second language. Purdue’s online ASL courses ...