... design and test a practical classroom intervention technique, in order to promote reading comprehension of one particular type of prose narrative, the fable, by building background knowledge using American Sign Language summaries. The instructional technique had four steps. First, the teacher summarized a three-page fable and signed it to the students in American Sign Language (ASL). Second, the student read the printed ... texts. The study also explains the idea that because most deaf readers have had limited exposure to the English language, providing them further semantic and concept...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... interviewing will be helpful when counseling a wide range of individuals. Conclusion Motivational interviewing is based on a client centered approach to therapy that uses open-ended questions, affirmation, reflective listening and summaries to help the client recognize the pros and cons of change and their reasons for resisting change thereby eliminating their ambivalence about change. Once the client deals with their ambivalence ... ...

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... . The stimulation will help the active learner retain more information. The reflective learner, however, needs to work alone but not just to memorize the information. They should really write short summaries of what they read in their own words and to stop periodically in order to make sure the information is being comprehended. I am an active learner. On the rankings of ... ...

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... IS WRITTEN DOWN IN NOTES, AND THERE IS ACCESS TO A RELATING TEXTBOOK. I HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE NOTES TO HIGHLIGHT MAIN POINTS OF GIVEN ASSIGNMENTS, AS WELL AS, CREATING SHORT SUMMARIES FROM TEXT USING MY OWN WORDS. EVEN THOUGH I ACCURATELY DISCOVERED MY STRENGTHS, THE WEAKNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LEARNING STYLE BECAME EXTREMELY APPARENT. I SEVERELY LACK THE SKILL TO RECALL THE COMPLETE ... ...

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