Deaf Students' Understanding of Arithmetic With Rational Numbers: Educational Implications

• In Event: Factors Impacting the Social and Emotional Well-Being and Educational Outcomes of Deaf Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine arithmetic skills of fractions by deaf and hard of hearing college students. To achieve this goal, a total of 70 students’ responses on fraction problems were analyzed according to gender and kinds of problems. The results indicated that male students preformed better than female students on fraction problems test and the scores of students in 4 years college were higher than ones of students in 2 college years. Although gender and types of college programs would be not the most effecting factor, it suggests a need for a more careful attention to and examination of the present teaching strategies in mathematics to deaf and hard of hearing students.

Authors

• ChongMin Lee, Lamar University

• Christopher A.N. Kurz, Rochester Institute of Technology

• Keith Mousley, Rochester Institute of Technology